{"product_id":"great-speeches-by-frederick-douglass-dover-thrift-editions-black-history-0486498824","title":"Great Speeches by Frederick Douglass (Dover Thrift Editions: Black History)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0486498824\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Douglass, Frederick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor, abolitionist, political activist, and philosopher, Frederick Douglass was a pivotal figure in the decades of struggle leading up to the Civil War and the Reconstruction era. This inexpensive compilation of his speeches adds vital detail to the portrait of a great historical figure.Featured addresses include \"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?\" which was delivered on July 5, 1852, more than ten years before the Emancipation Proclamation. \"Had I the ability, and could reach the nation's ear, I would, today, pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke,\" Douglass assured his listeners, \"For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.\" Other eloquent and dramatic orations include \"Self-Made Men,\" first delivered in 1859, which defines the principles behind individual success, and \"The Church and Prejudice,\" delivered at the Plymouth County Anti-Slavery Society in 1841.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52091776598304,"sku":"NEW0486498824","price":6.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/great-speeches-by-frederick-douglass-dover-thrift-editions-black-history-0486498824","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}