Description: Still in his twenties but already famous for his fiery orations and controversial autobiography, black abolitionist Frederick Douglass traveled to Great Britain in 1845 on an eighteen-month lecture and fund-raising tour. This book examines how that visit affected transatlantic reform movements and Douglass's own thinking.
Brief description: ALAN J. RICE is senior lecturer in American studies and cultural theory at the University of Central Lancashire.
Review Quotes:
An important marker in transnational scholarship about Douglass and antebellum reform . . . Provides the varied contexts for Douglass's journey into international abolitionism.
--Journal of American History