Frederick Douglass: America's prophet

Introduction: A voice crying in the wilderness of Christian slaveholding America

Part I. The seeking slave, 1818-1838. God and slavery on the Eastern Shore

Religious awakenings in Baltimore

From the valley of shadows to freedom

Part II. The zealous orator, 1839-1852. The young abolitionist orator

Bearing witness in Great Britain

An antislavery constitution and a righteous violence

Part III. The hopeful prophet, 1853-1895. The crisis of the Union

Reconstruction battles over racial and gender equality

At the dark dawn of Jim Crow

Unraveling the mysteries of God's providence and progress

Conclusion: Frederick Douglass is not dead!