The son of a black slave and an unknown white father, Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) experienced first-hand the privations and brutality of America's peculiar institution. Following his second, successful, attempt to escape, he went on to become a leading abolitionist and militant spokesman for African-American rights. A friend to Abraham Lincoln and other presidents, he held three major government offices and became a writer, orator and editor.
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The son of a black slave and an unknown white father, Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) experienced first-hand the privations and brutality of America's peculiar institution. Following his second, successful, attempt to escape, he went on to become a leading abolitionist and militant spokesman for African-American rights. A friend to Abraham Lincoln and other presidents, he held three major government offices and became a writer, orator and editor.
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Like New. Size: 8x5x0; Softcover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. xviii, 378 pages: illustrations; 21 cm. "Quarles was one of the finest, most original historians of his generation. When I first read his biography of Frederick Douglass, my admiration and, yes, envy extended to wishing that it had been written over my signature! "-John Hope Franklin.
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Good. JACKET: WORN DJ. 5.5X8. Some black and white illustrations, gilt on cover and spine, edges of dj torn and creased, pages clean, previous owners signature on inside of front cover and front flap of dj _PAB_
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Very Good. Frontis, ills, index, xi, 378p. Original cloth. dj. 20cm. Some discoloration along upper right corner on front cover. Minor soiling and edge-wear on jacket. SIGNED by Quarles on the title-page ("Benjamin Quarles Baltimore, Maryland").
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a couple of tiny nicks and tears. Warmly Inscribed by the author. A beautiful copy of the important historian's landmark study of the great activist. Scarce in dustwrapper.