ABSTRACT

Frederick Douglass spent four months in Ireland at the end of 1845 that proved to be, in his own words, ‘transformative’. He reported that for the first time in his life he felt like a man, and not a chattel. Whilst in residence, he became a spokesperson for the abolition movement, but by the time he left the country in early January 1846, he believed that the cause of the slave was the cause of the oppressed everywhere.

This book adds new insight into Frederick Douglass and his time in Ireland. Contemporary newspaper accounts of the lectures that Douglass gave during his tour of Ireland (in Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Cork, Limerick, and Belfast) have been located and transcribed. The speeches are annotated and accompanied by letters written by Douglass during his stay. In this way, for the first time, we hear Douglass in his own words. This unique approach allows us to follow the journey of the young man who, while in Ireland, discovered his own voice.

chapter |106 pages

Introduction

chapter |2 pages

Documents

chapter |2 pages

Prelims

chapter 1|11 pages

The journey to Liverpool

chapter 2|20 pages

Dublin

chapter 3|16 pages

Douglass meets Daniel O’Connell

chapter 4|4 pages

Dublin cont.

chapter 5|11 pages

The South – Wexford and Waterford

chapter 6|57 pages

Cork

chapter 7|11 pages

Limerick

chapter 8|80 pages

Belfast

chapter |11 pages

Notes

chapter |2 pages

Half Title

chapter |1 pages

Title

chapter |1 pages

Copyright

chapter |6 pages

Contents

chapter 9|18 pages

Belfast revisited

chapter 10|32 pages

Douglass and W. L. Garrison

chapter 11|5 pages

W. L. Garrison in Dublin

chapter 12|3 pages

Departures

chapter 13|3 pages

Additions to the Irish Narrative

chapter 14|21 pages

Letters: Douglass to Garrison

chapter 15|71 pages

Letters: Miscellaneous

chapter 16|48 pages

Views from America

chapter 17|6 pages

Legacies

chapter 18|16 pages

Home Rule and Haiti

chapter 19|5 pages

Endings