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Frederick Douglass Learns to Read (Full Bio)
Podcast |
All Of It
Publisher |
WNYC Studios
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Arts
Books
Interview
Music
Society & Culture
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Arts
Books
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Performing Arts
Publication Date |
Jul 04, 2024
Episode Duration |
00:13:58

[REBROADCAST FROM FEBRUARY 22, 2021] We present the full conversation from February's installment of our “Full Bio” series with historian David Blight about his book, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, which won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for History. Blight used new information drawn from private collections to explore the work and life of Douglass. We start with a look at Douglass’s early life as an enslaved person, how he learned to read, and how he escaped to the North from Baltimore in 1838.

Our full conversation with historian David Blight about his book, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom.

[REBROADCAST FROM FEBRUARY 22, 2021] We present the full conversation from February's installment of our “Full Bio” series with historian David Blight about his book, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, which won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for History. Blight used new information drawn from private collections to explore the work and life of Douglass. We start with a look at Douglass’s early life as an enslaved person, how he learned to read, and how he escaped to the North from Baltimore in 1838.

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