Picturing Frederick Douglass: An Illustrated Biography...
submitted by Marvin's Underground Evening Lectures
on 10/11/18
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Frederick Douglass, ex-slave turned leading abolitionist, was the most photographed American of the 19th century. Now, as a result of research by John Stauffer, Douglass has emerged as a leading pioneer in photography, both as a stately subject and as a prescient theorist who believed in the explosive social power of this early art form. A book signing follows the program.
