Hamm's thoughtful introductions to each contextualize Douglass's soaring oratory. But it's the lectures he delivered in Brooklyn between 18 that feature in a new collection edited by historian and writer Theodore Hamm." - Colorlines "A fresh and incisive compilation. More than a century after his death, Douglass's message speaks to us, as clear and crisp as the day he gave voice to the fight for human rights in the United States." - Crave "Douglass is always timely, but ever more so today, this week, this year." - Brooklyn Magazine "Abolitionist, racial justice leader, orator and former slave Frederick Douglass' speaking engagements took him all over the northern United States and the United Kingdom.
When Douglass's own words are reproduced, his talent as a writer and the sheer monstrousness of slavery are both driven home." - Publishers Weekly "A fascinating collection of Frederick Douglass's controversial speeches in Brooklyn, N.Y., this volume compiles original source material that illustrates the relationship between the abolitionist and the then city of Brooklyn." - Publishers Weekly, Fall 2016 Announcements "The beauty of the book is how fresh words are, how contemporary his voice sounds, and how resonant the message is. A concise introduction provides detail about 19th-century Brooklyn and its conflicted legacy of racial prejudice and abolitionism. Editor Hamm, a professor of media studies, places a selection of carefully reconstructed speeches in this slim volume, and gives useful context on how they were locally received. "This collection of Douglass's speeches in Brooklyn displays the power of the former slave's oratory before, during, and after the Civil War.
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