Frederick Douglass and Scotland, 1846 : : Living an Antislavery Life / / Alasdair Pettinger.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Pettinger, Alasdair,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 p.) :; 31 B/W illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Figures and Maps --; Acknowledgements --; Abbreviations --; Dramatis Personae --; Part I: The Voyage --; Introduction --; 1. ‘Throw Him Overboard’ --; 2. The Making of a Fugitive --; 3. ‘Put Them in Irons’ --; Part II: Dark, Polluted Gold --; 4. Electric Speed --; 5. That Ticklish Possession --; 6. The Free Church Responds --; 7. The Price of Freedom --; 8. The Genealogy of Money --; 9. Gilded Cages --; Part III: Douglass, Scott and Burns --; 10. ‘One of Scotland’s Many Famous Names’ --; 11. A Wild Proposition --; 12. New Relations and Duties --; 13. A Visit to Ayr --; 14. The Coward Slave and the Poor Negro Driver --; 15. Crooked Paths --; 16. The Sons and Daughters of Old Scotia --; Part IV: Measuring Heads, Reading Faces --; 17. Breakfast with Combe --; 18. The Physiological Century --; 19. Travelling Phrenologically --; 20. A Glut of Ethiopians --; 21. Douglass on Stage --; 22. The Suit and the Engraving --; Part V: The Voyage Home --; 23. A Disconnected Farewell --; 24. Cabin 72 --; 25. Never Again --; Part VI: The Affinity Scot --; 26. Recitals of Blood --; 27. Choosing Ancestors --; 28. Remembering Douglass --; 29. Out of My Place --; Appendix I: Speaking Itinerary, 1846 --; Appendix II: Maps --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474444279; 9783110780437
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474444279
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alasdair Pettinger.

The first full-length study of Frederick Douglass’ visit to Scotland in 1846Frederick Douglass (1818–95) was not the only fugitive from American slavery to visit Scotland before the Civil War, but he was the best known and his impact was far-reaching. This book shows that addressing crowded halls from Ayr to Aberdeen, he gained the confidence, mastered the skills and fashioned the distinctive voice that transformed him as a campaigner. It tells how Douglass challenged the Free Church over its ties with the Southern plantocracy; how he exploited his knowledge of Walter Scott and Robert Burns to brilliant effect; and how he asserted control over his own image at a time when racial science and blackface minstrel shows were beginning to shape his audiences’ perceptions. He arrived as a subordinate envoy of white abolitionists, legally still enslaved. He returned home as a free man ready to embark on a new stage of his career, as editor and proprietor of his own newspaper and a leader in his own right.Key Features:Reveals fresh information about, and deepens our understanding of, a major 19th-century intellectual at a crucial stage in his political and professional developmentSubjects Douglass’ speeches and letters to close readings and situates them in the immediate context of their delivery and compositionDemonstrates the extent to which Douglass was closely acquainted with Scottish literature, history and current affairsEnhances our knowledge of Douglass as a performer, his ability to read audiences, and how he moved and influenced them