Political Companion to Frederick Douglass

The volume concludes with a discussion of Douglass's contributions to pre- and post-Civil War jurisprudence.

About the author

Neil Roberts is associate professor of Africana studies, political theory, and the philosophy of religion at Williams College. His book Freedom as Marronage is the recipient of awards from the American Political Science Association Foundations of Political Theory section and Choice magazine, and the Association for College and Research Libraries selected the work as a Top 25 book for 2015. He is president of the Caribbean Philosophical Association.

Summary

Washington, Douglass's profound influence on Afro-modern and American political thought has often been undervalued. In an effort to fill this gap in the scholarship on Douglass, editor Neil Roberts and an exciting group of established and rising scholars examine the author's autobiographies, essays, speeches, and novella.

Product details

• Authors: Neil Roberts, Neil (EDT)/ Gilroy Roberts
• Assisted by: Neil Roberts (Editor)
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9780813175621
• ISBN: 978-0-8131-7562-1
• No. of pages: 490
• Series: Political Companions to Great; Political Companions to Great American Authors; Political Companions to Great
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education