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Chapter 13 - Frederick Douglass, the Irish Famine, and the Lessons of Environmental History

from Part III - Transnational Transitions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2021

By
Ian Finseth
Edited by
Benjamin Fagan
Benjamin Fagan
Affiliation:
Auburn University, Alabama
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Summary

This chapter reads Frederick Douglass’s writings from the 1840s and 1850s in light of the Irish Famine. In addition to providing a fresh perspective on Douglass’s writings and situating the theme of hunger at the center of his work, Finseth offers an elegant example of how environmental history intersects with African American literature.

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African American literatureearly American literaturenineteenth-century American literatureAfrican American historyearly American historynineteenth-century American historyIrish Famineenvironmental historyFrederick Douglass
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African American Literature in Transition, 1830–1850 , pp. 290 - 310
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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