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Frederick Douglass in Ireland: the 'black O'Connell'

By Douglas , Laurence , Frederick;Fenton

Book information

Publisher
Thorpe
Year
2015
ISBN
9781444825435, 1444825437
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
25 MB (26342998 bytes)
Series
Ulverscroft
Edition
Large print edition
Pages
280 pages (large print) ; 24 cm\235
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1818-1895 -- Travel -- Ireland;Freed men -- UniAmericans;Americans--Ireland--History--19th centurFrederick

Description

In the summer of 1845, a man named Frederick Douglass disembarked ship in Dublin. It marked the start of a two-year lecture tour of Britain and Ireland by the celebrated author, orator - and escaped slave. Advised to leave America for his own safety after the publication of his eloquent and incendiary abolitionist memoir, Douglass proceeded to spend four months in Ireland describing and denouncing the horrors of slavery: packing full halls with his oratorical skill; sharing a stage with 'The Liberator' Daniel O'Connell; and taking the pledge from 'The Apostle of Temperance' Fr. Theobald Mathew.

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