![]() ![]() Douglass’s fierce intelligence and moral courage were only one side of the man for nearly half a century he shouldered burdens as the representative man of his race, and as the patriarch of a large extended family that was a source of joy, consternation, and heartbreak.Īs a biographer and scholar, Blight is equal to the complexity and stature of his subject. Writing to a friend in 1874 Douglass described the moral atmosphere in Washington, D.C., as “rotten, full of avarice, duplicity, corruption, fawning and trickery of all kinds.” Blight’s work sharpens our understanding of Douglass’s life and influence on the nation, not only as a fiery abolitionist, but as a staunch defender of Reconstruction. Blight’s Pulitzer Prize–winning biography, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, will recognize the similarities and hear the echoes of the past in the present. Prophet of Freedom by Frederick Douglass | Credit: CourtesyĪny reader of Yale historian David W. ![]()
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