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  • The Political Thought of Frederick Douglass: In Pursuit of American Liberty
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  • Nicholas Buccola
  • 2012
  • Published by: NYU Press
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2013 Finalist, 26th Annual Oregon Best Book Award


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Frederick Douglass, one of the most prominent figures in
African-American and United States
history, was born a slave, but escaped to the North and became a well-known
anti-slavery activist, orator, and author. In The Political Thought of
Frederick Douglass, Nicholas Buccola provides an important and original
argument about the ideas that animated this reformer-statesman. Beyond his role
as an abolitionist, Buccola argues for the importance of understanding Douglass
as a political thinker who provides deep insights into the immense challenge of
achieving and maintaining the liberal promise of freedom. Douglass, Buccola
contends, shows us that the language of rights must be coupled with a robust
understanding of social responsibility in order for liberal ideals to be
realized. Truly an original American thinker, this book highlights Douglass’s
rightful place among the great thinkers in the American liberal tradition.



Podcast — Nicholas Buccola on Frederick Douglass and Liberty.

Table of Contents

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-X
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  1. 1. The Facts and the Philosophy: Frederick Douglass as Political Thinker
  2. pp. 1-13
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  1. 2. “Every Man Is Himself and Belongs to Himself ”: Slavery and Self-Ownership as the Foundations of Douglass’s Liberalism
  2. pp. 14-40
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  1. 3. From Slavery to Liberty and Equality: Douglass’s Liberal Democratic Politics
  2. pp. 41-75
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  1. 4. “Each for All and All for Each”: Douglass’s Case for Mutual Responsibility
  2. pp. 76-100
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  1. 5. “Friends of Freedom”: Reformers, Self-Made Men, and the Moral Ecology of Freedom
  2. pp. 101-127
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  1. 6. “Man Is Neither Wood Nor Stone”: Top-Down Moral Education in Douglass’s Liberalism
  2. pp. 128-157
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  1. 7. Conclusion: Frederick Douglass in the American Mind
  2. pp. 158-169
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 171-199
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 201-207
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 209-214
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  1. About the Author
  2. p. 215
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