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Copyright © 2018 by David W. Blight
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First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition October 2018
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Interior design by Paul Dippolito
Jacket design by Darren Haggar
Jacket photograph courtesy of the Onondaga Historical Association, Syracuse, NY.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Blight, David W., author.
Title: Frederick Douglass : prophet of freedom / David W. Blight.
Description: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018007511 | ISBN 9781416590316 (hardback) | ISBN 1416590315 (hardback)
Subjects: LCSH: Douglass, Frederick, 1818–1895. | Abolitionists—United States—Biography. | African American abolitionists—United States—Biography. | Slaves—United States—Biography. | Antislavery movements—United States—History—19th century. | BISAC: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. | HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
Classification: LCC E449.D75 B557 2018 | DDC 973.8092 [B]—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018007511
ISBN 978-1-4165-9031-6
ISBN 978-1-4165-9388-1 (ebook)
Front endpaper: Frederick Douglass, February–April 1863, Westfield, Massachusetts, Thomas Painter Collins photographer, carte de visite.
Rear endpaper: Frederick Douglass, May 10, 1894, Denis Bourdon photographer, Notman Photograph Company, Boston, Massachusetts.