When Frederick Douglass Exposed the Horrifying Truth of Southern Slave Culture

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When Frederick Douglass Exposed the Horrifying Truth of Southern Slave Culture

Seriously studying the most famous black man of the 19th century is a crucial step in beginning to understand how evil slavery truly was.

David Swindle 🟦

Feb 21, 2023

As part of our Black History Month-inspired series of books today we’re discussing the first autobiography written by Frederick Douglass and a recent Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of him, titled Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom and written by historian David W. Blight. Here are the previous installments in this series and the introduction naming the various books to be discussed in the next episodes:

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