1st Edition
Frederick Douglass and Ireland In His Own Words
Edited By Christine Kinealy
Copyright 2018
355 Pages
by
Routledge
355 Pages
by
Routledge
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Frederick Douglass spent four months in Ireland at the end of 1845 that proved to be, in his own words, ‘transformative’. He reported that for the first time in his life he felt like a man, and not a chattel. Whilst in residence, he became a spokesperson for the abolition movement, but by the time he left the country in early January 1846, he believed that the cause of the slave was the cause of... Read more
VOLUME I: Timeline, Introduction, Documents, Prelims: Liberator: Friday, 4 July 1845, Liberator: Friday, 25 July 1845, 1 The journey to Liverpool 2 Dublin 3 Douglas meets Daniel O'Connell 4 Dublin cont. 5 The South-Wexford and Waterford 6 Cork 7 Limerick 8 Belfast
Biography
In 2013 Christine Kinealy, was appointed professor of history and Irish studies at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. She serves as director of the Ireland's Great Hunger Institute at the university. Her charter includes developing an undergraduate Irish studies program at Quinnipiac.
