Frederick Douglass and Scotland, 1846: Living an Antislavery Life

Media type: E-Book

Title: Frederick Douglass and Scotland, 1846 : Living an Antislavery Life

Contains: Frontmatter
Contents
List of Figures and Maps
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Dramatis Personae
Part I: The Voyage
Introduction
1. ‘Throw Him Overboard’
2. The Making of a Fugitive
3. ‘Put Them in Irons’
Part II: Dark, Polluted Gold
Introduction
4. Electric Speed
5. That Ticklish Possession
6. The Free Church Responds
7. The Price of Freedom
8. The Genealogy of Money
9. Gilded Cages
Part III: Douglass, Scott and Burns
Introduction
10. ‘One of Scotland’s Many Famous Names’
11. A Wild Proposition
12. New Relations and Duties
13. A Visit to Ayr
14. The Coward Slave and the Poor Negro Driver
15. Crooked Paths
16. The Sons and Daughters of Old Scotia
Part IV: Measuring Heads, Reading Faces
Introduction
17. Breakfast with Combe
18. The Physiological Century
19. Travelling Phrenologically
20. A Glut of Ethiopians
21. Douglass on Stage
22. The Suit and the Engraving
Part V: The Voyage Home
Introduction
23. A Disconnected Farewell
24. Cabin 72
25. Never Again
Part VI: The Affinity Scot
Introduction
26. Recitals of Blood
27. Choosing Ancestors
28. Remembering Douglass
29. Out of My Place
Appendix I: Speaking Itinerary, 1846
Appendix II: Maps
Bibliography
Index

Contributor: Pettinger, Alasdair [VerfasserIn]

imprint: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, [2022]

Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (376 p.); 31 B/W illustrations

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781474444279

ISBN: 9781474444279

Identifier:

Keywords: Antislavery movements History 19th century ; Literary Studies ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists

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Footnote: In English

Description: The first full-length study of Frederick Douglass’ visit to Scotland in 1846Frederick Douglass (1818–95) was not the only fugitive from American slavery to visit Scotland before the Civil War, but he was the best known and his impact was far-reaching. This book shows that addressing crowded halls from Ayr to Aberdeen, he gained the confidence, mastered the skills and fashioned the distinctive voice that transformed him as a campaigner. It tells how Douglass challenged the Free Church over its ties with the Southern plantocracy; how he exploited his knowledge of Walter Scott and Robert Burns to brilliant effect; and how he asserted control over his own image at a time when racial science and blackface minstrel shows were beginning to shape his audiences’ perceptions. He arrived as a subordinate envoy of white abolitionists, legally still enslaved. He returned home as a free man ready to embark on a new stage of his career, as editor and proprietor of his own newspaper and a leader in his own right.Key Features:Reveals fresh information about, and deepens our understanding of, a major 19th-century intellectual at a crucial stage in his political and professional developmentSubjects Douglass’ speeches and letters to close readings and situates them in the immediate context of their delivery and compositionDemonstrates the extent to which Douglass was closely acquainted with Scottish literature, history and current affairsEnhances our knowledge of Douglass as a performer, his ability to read audiences, and how he moved and influenced them

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