{"product_id":"frederick-douglass-in-britain-and-ireland-1845-1895-paperback","title":"Frederick Douglass in Britain and Ireland, 1845-1895 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHannah-Rose Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJohn R. McKivigan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis critical edition documents Frederick Douglass's relationship with Britain through unexplored oratory and print culture. With an unprecedented and comprehensive 60,000-word introduction that places the speeches, letters, poetry and images printed here into context, the sources provide extraordinary insight into the myriad performative techniques Douglass used to win support for the causes of emancipation and human rights. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditors examine how Douglass employed various media - letters, speeches, interviews and his autobiographies - to convince the transatlantic public not only that his works were worth reading and his voice worth hearing, but also that the fight against racism would continue after his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Edinburgh \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHannah-Rose Murray is an Early Career Leverhulme Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on recovering and amplifying formerly enslaved African American testimony in the British Isles, including forgotten slave narratives, oratory and visual performance, and her digital mapping project (www.frederickdouglassinbritain.com) highlights their experiences and lectures in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. She has organized numerous community events including talks, performances, podcasts, plays and exhibitions on both sides of the Atlantic, and conducts both in-person and virtual walking tours of Black abolitionist sites in London. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eAdvocates of Freedom: African American Abolitionism in the British Isles\u003c\/i\u003e was published in September 2020 with Cambridge University Press. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Kaufman-McKivigan is the Mary O'Brien Gibson Professor of History at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis as well as the Editor of the Frederick Douglass Papers. He is author of numerous books and scholarly articles on abolitionism and other aspects of American reform history. He is currently preparing a study of Frederick Douglass' participation in the overlapping movements for radial political, social, and economic change in the early years of Reconstruction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47437125976242,"sku":"9781399511100","price":76.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/3f1db608f1512bdaa2e4f6238c744f9e.webp?v=1778648751","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/frederick-douglass-in-britain-and-ireland-1845-1895-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}