Scholars Lecture — Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom on January 17

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

David Blight

January 17 6:30 pm–8:30 pm


This is the long-awaited definitive biography of Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became one of the leading intellects and political leaders of his era, often called the “greatest American of the nineteenth Century.” Blight is the Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, at Yale; author or editor of fourteen other books; and winner of multiple awards, including the Bancroft, Lincoln and Frederick Douglass Prizes.

$25; $20 for members. Limited free seating is available for students.

Purchase Tickets 

Lectures are held in the Ballroom at John Jay Homestead at 7:00pm, registration begins at 6:30pm with light refreshments. A book signing will follow the lectures.


Books are available for preorder at the link above.

John Jay Homestead is located at 400 Jay Street (Route 22) in Katonah, NY 10536

 

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