Michigan State University Press, 1998 eISBN: 978-0-87013-933-8 | Cloth: 978-0-87013-485-2 | Paper: 978-0-87013-480-7 Library of Congress Classification E449.D75L36 1998 Dewey Decimal Classification 973.8092
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This work in the MSU Press Rhetoric and Public Affairs Series chronicles Frederick Douglass's preparation for a career in oratory, his emergence as an abolitionist lecturer in 1841, and his development and activities as a public speaker and reformer from 1841 to 1845. Lampe's meticulous scholarship overturns much of the conventional wisdom about this phase of Douglass's life and career uncovering new information about his experiences as a slave and as a fugitive; it provokes a deeper and richer understanding of this renowned orator's emergence as an important voice in the crusade to end slavery.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, Douglass was well prepared to become a full-time lecturer for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in 1841. His emergence as an eloquent voice from slavery was not as miraculous as scholars have led us to believe. Lampe begins by tracing Douglass's life as slave in Maryland and as fugitive in New Bedford, showing that experiences gained at this time in his life contributed powerfully to his understanding of rhetoric and to his development as an orator. An examination of his daily oratorical activities from the time of his emergence in Nantucket in 1841 until his departure for England in 1845 dispels many conventional beliefs surrounding this period, especially the belief that Douglass was under the wing of William Lloyd Garrison. Lampe's research shows that Douglass was much more outspoken and independent than previously thought and that at times he was in conflict with white abolitionists.
Included in this work is a complete itinerary of Douglass's oratorical activities, correcting errors and omissions in previously published works, as well as two newly discovered complete speech texts, never before published.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Gregory P. Lampe is provost and vice chancellor of the University of Wisconsin Colleges. He taught in the Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Rock County.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter One
Frederick Douglass' Maryland Plantation Education: His Discovery of Oratory
Chapter Two
Frederick Douglass' New Bedford Experience: Oratory, Preaching, and Abolitionism, September 1838 - July 1841
Chapter Three
The Emergence of an Orator from Slavery: Southern Slavery, Northern Prejudice, and the Church, August-December 1841
Chapter Four
Oratory of Power and Eloquence: From Local Notoriety to Regional Prominence, January - August 1842
Chapter Five
Tumultuous Times: Douglass as Abolitionist Orator, Agitator, Reformer, and Optimist, August 1842 - June 1843
Chapter Six
The Hundred Conventions Tour of the West: Independence and Restlessness, June - December 1843
Chapter Seven
The Hundred Conventions Tour of Massachusetts: Torrents of Eloquence, January - May 1844
Chapter Eight
No Union With Slaveholders: The Proslavery Character of the United States Constitution, May - August 1844
Chapter Nine
Douglass the Imposter: I Am a Slave, September 1844 - August 1845
Epilogue
Appendix A
Douglass ' Speaking Itinerary: 1839 - 1845
Appendix B
Frederick Douglass in Behalf of George Latimer. Lynn, Massachusetts, 8 November 1842
Appendix C
No Union With Slaveholders: An Address Delivered in Boston, Massachusetts, 28 May 1844
Appendix D
The Progress of the Cause: An Address Delivered in Norristown, Pennsylvania, 12 August 1844
Bibliography
Index
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Michigan State University Press, 1998 eISBN: 978-0-87013-933-8 Cloth: 978-0-87013-485-2 Paper: 978-0-87013-480-7
This work in the MSU Press Rhetoric and Public Affairs Series chronicles Frederick Douglass's preparation for a career in oratory, his emergence as an abolitionist lecturer in 1841, and his development and activities as a public speaker and reformer from 1841 to 1845. Lampe's meticulous scholarship overturns much of the conventional wisdom about this phase of Douglass's life and career uncovering new information about his experiences as a slave and as a fugitive; it provokes a deeper and richer understanding of this renowned orator's emergence as an important voice in the crusade to end slavery.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, Douglass was well prepared to become a full-time lecturer for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in 1841. His emergence as an eloquent voice from slavery was not as miraculous as scholars have led us to believe. Lampe begins by tracing Douglass's life as slave in Maryland and as fugitive in New Bedford, showing that experiences gained at this time in his life contributed powerfully to his understanding of rhetoric and to his development as an orator. An examination of his daily oratorical activities from the time of his emergence in Nantucket in 1841 until his departure for England in 1845 dispels many conventional beliefs surrounding this period, especially the belief that Douglass was under the wing of William Lloyd Garrison. Lampe's research shows that Douglass was much more outspoken and independent than previously thought and that at times he was in conflict with white abolitionists.
Included in this work is a complete itinerary of Douglass's oratorical activities, correcting errors and omissions in previously published works, as well as two newly discovered complete speech texts, never before published.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Gregory P. Lampe is provost and vice chancellor of the University of Wisconsin Colleges. He taught in the Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Rock County.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter One
Frederick Douglass' Maryland Plantation Education: His Discovery of Oratory
Chapter Two
Frederick Douglass' New Bedford Experience: Oratory, Preaching, and Abolitionism, September 1838 - July 1841
Chapter Three
The Emergence of an Orator from Slavery: Southern Slavery, Northern Prejudice, and the Church, August-December 1841
Chapter Four
Oratory of Power and Eloquence: From Local Notoriety to Regional Prominence, January - August 1842
Chapter Five
Tumultuous Times: Douglass as Abolitionist Orator, Agitator, Reformer, and Optimist, August 1842 - June 1843
Chapter Six
The Hundred Conventions Tour of the West: Independence and Restlessness, June - December 1843
Chapter Seven
The Hundred Conventions Tour of Massachusetts: Torrents of Eloquence, January - May 1844
Chapter Eight
No Union With Slaveholders: The Proslavery Character of the United States Constitution, May - August 1844
Chapter Nine
Douglass the Imposter: I Am a Slave, September 1844 - August 1845
Epilogue
Appendix A
Douglass ' Speaking Itinerary: 1839 - 1845
Appendix B
Frederick Douglass in Behalf of George Latimer. Lynn, Massachusetts, 8 November 1842
Appendix C
No Union With Slaveholders: An Address Delivered in Boston, Massachusetts, 28 May 1844
Appendix D
The Progress of the Cause: An Address Delivered in Norristown, Pennsylvania, 12 August 1844
Bibliography
Index
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