![]() It's a - kind of a remote backwater, at that point, of the American slave society. Frederick Douglass was born along a horseshoe bend in the Tuckahoe River on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1818. Where was he born? What was his life like as a slave?ĭAVID BLIGHT: Well, first, thank you, Dave. ![]() Tell us about Frederick Douglass' early life. I spoke to him last year when his book, "Frederick Douglass: Prophet Of Freedom," was first published.ĭAVIES: Well, David Blight, welcome back to FRESH AIR. David Blight is a professor of history at Yale and the author or editor of a dozen books, including annotated editions of Douglass's first two autobiographies. ![]() Frederick Douglass is probably best known for his compelling autobiographies in which he described his experiences as a slave and his escape to freedom.īlight's book also illuminates less-well-known parts of Douglass's long and remarkable life - his break with leading abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, his complicated personal life, his support for and bitter feud with leaders of the women's suffrage movement and his years as a Republican Party functionary when he took patronage jobs in the government.ĭouglass was a passionate writer and powerful orator, and Blight says the most photographed person in the 19th century. The Pulitzer Prize for History was awarded this week to historian David Blight for his book about 19th century abolitionist Frederick Douglass. ![]() I'm Dave Davies in for Terry Gross, who's off this week. ![]()
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