Buccola, Nicholas.

The political thought of Frederick Douglass in pursuit of American liberty / [electronic resource] : Nicholas Buccola. - New York : New York University Press, c2012. - x, 215 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The facts and the philosophy : Frederick Douglass as political thinker -- "Every man is himself and belongs to himself" : slavery and self-ownership as the -- Foundations of Douglass's liberalism -- From slavery to liberty and equality : Douglass's liberal democratic politics -- "Each for all and all for each" : Douglass's case for mutual responsibility -- "Friends of freedom" : reformers, self-made men, and the moral ecology of freedom -- "Man is neither wood nor stone" : top-down moral education in Douglass's liberalism -- Conclusion : Frederick Douglass in the American mind.


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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 --Political and social views.
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 --Philosophy.


Liberty--Philosophy.


Electronic books.

E449.D75 / B83 2012eb

973.8092