Love across color lines : Ottilie Assing and Frederick Douglass
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Published
New York : Hill and Wang, 1999.
Physical Desc
xxix, 480 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Status
North Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction
973.8092 DIE 1999
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973.8092 DIE 1999
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography.
African American abolitionists -- Biography
African Americans -- Relations with Germans -- History -- 19th century.
Assing, Ottilia.
Biographies.
Douglass, Frederick, -- 1818-1895 -- Friends and associates
Journalists -- United States -- Biography
United States -- Race relations
Women journalists -- United States -- Biography.
African American abolitionists -- Biography
African Americans -- Relations with Germans -- History -- 19th century.
Assing, Ottilia.
Biographies.
Douglass, Frederick, -- 1818-1895 -- Friends and associates
Journalists -- United States -- Biography
United States -- Race relations
Women journalists -- United States -- Biography.
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Published
New York : Hill and Wang, 1999.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"In 1856 Ottilie Assing, an intrepid journalist who had left Germany after the failed revolution of 1848, traveled to Rochester, New York, to interview Frederick Douglass for a German newspaper. This encounter transformed the lives of both: they became intimate friends, they stayed together for twenty-eight years, and she translated his autobiography into German. Diedrich reveals in fascinating detail their shared intellectual and cultural interests and how they worked together on his abolitionist writings." "As is clear from letters and diaries, Douglass was enchanted with his vivacious companion but believed that any liaison with a white woman would be fatal to his political mission. Assing was keenly aware of his dilemma but certain he would marry her once his mission was fulfilled. She was bitterly disappointed: after his wife's death, Douglass did remarry - but he married another woman. Assing committed suicide, leaving her estate to Douglass."--Jacket
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Diedrich, M. (1999). Love across color lines: Ottilie Assing and Frederick Douglass . Hill and Wang.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Diedrich, Maria. 1999. Love Across Color Lines: Ottilie Assing and Frederick Douglass. Hill and Wang.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Diedrich, Maria. Love Across Color Lines: Ottilie Assing and Frederick Douglass Hill and Wang, 1999.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Diedrich, Maria. Love Across Color Lines: Ottilie Assing and Frederick Douglass Hill and Wang, 1999.
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