Frederick Douglass was born in slavery as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey near Easton in Talbot County; Maryland. He was not sure of the exact year of his birth; but he knew that it was 1817 or 1818. As a young boy he was sent to Baltimore; to be a house servant; where he learned to read and write; with the assistance of his master's wife. In 1838 he escaped from slavery and went to New York City; where he married Anna Murray; a free colored woman whom he had met in Baltimore. Soon thereafter he changed his name to Frederick Douglass. In 1841 he addressed a convention of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in Nantucket and so greatly impressed the group that they immediately employed him as an agent. He was such an impressive orator that numerous persons doubted if he had ever been a slave; so he wrote NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS. During the Civil War he assisted in the recruiting of colored men for the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Regiments and consistently argued for the emancipation of slaves. After the war he was active in securing and protecting the rights of the freemen. In his later years; at different times; he was secretary of the Santo Domingo Commission; Marshall and recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia; and United States Minister to Haiti. His other autobiographical works are MY BONDAGE AND MY FREEDOM and LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS; published in 1855 and 1881 respectively. He died in 1895.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic WorldBy William Garrison Jr.(from the publisher) The "Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World" ed. by Norman Stillman; [2009-2010]; (5 vols. hardbacks) covers an area of Jewish history; religion; and culture which until now has lacked its own cohesive/discreet reference work.The Encyclopedia aims to fill the gap in academic reference literature on the Jews of Muslim lands particularly in the late medieval; early modern and modern periods. The only reference work of its kind: up-to-date research and bibliographies make it indispensible for all levels of users.**Over 350 internationally-renowned scholars from North America; Europe; Africa; and the Middle East.** Over 250 color and black-and-white illustrations; graphs; and maps.** Over 2;200 entries; 1.5 million words; 3;200+ pgs.Set: 5 vols.: 4 vols. w/ 1 Resource and Index volume:Vol. 1: A-C (726 pp.);Vol. 2: D-I (658 pp.);Vol. 3: J-O (648 pp.);Vol. 4: P-Z (725 pp.);Vol. 5: Resource and Index volume (500 pp.)Editorial Board: Executive Editor (Norman A. Stillman); Al-Andalus (Angel Saenz-Badillos); Medieval Arabic-Speaking World (Meira Polliack); Modern Arabic-Speaking World (Daniel Schroeter; Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman); Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey (Avigdor Levy; Yaron Ayalon [associate editor]; Persia; Modern Iran; Kurdistan; Caucasus and Central Asia (Vera Basch Moreen).Partial comments by Daniel Pipes in the Winter 2017 "Middle East Quarterly":"Those topics range temporally from the Isra'iliyat (extra-scriptural narrative supplements to the Koran) to Ishak Alaton (a Turkish businessman); geographically from Casablanca to Hong Kong; and in spirit from the Farhud (a pogrom in Baghdad in 1941) to sports in Tunisia. The opening to the entry on music suggests the encyclopedia's satisfyingly large vision: "Music is the field of cultural productivity in which Jews and the peoples of Islam ... converged in the closest and most prolific manner.""Entries in EJIW fall under six main categories; each with its own distinguished associate editors: Angel Saenz-Badillos for Al-Andalus; Meira Polliack for the medieval Arabic-speaking countries; Daniel Schroeter and Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman for the modern Arabic-speaking countries; Avigdor Levy and Yaron Ayalon for the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey; and Vera Basch Moreen for Iran; Kurdistan; the Caucasus; and Central Asia."Congratulations to the publisher; Brill; for organizing this remarkable reference work. Congratulations to Stillman and his team for excellent work."****Careful on 'buy' prices; there are 5 vols. in set ! ****
