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- 2025
- 2 Std 3 Min
- Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
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The Heroic Slave
Beschreibung
In the hush between history and myth, some voices refuse to fade.
One of them rises beneath the pines of Virginia—speaking not to a crowd, but to the wind. Shackled in body, unbroken in spirit. A man, not yet a symbol. A voice, not yet remembered. But already unforgettable.
The Heroic Slave is Frederick Douglass at his most daring—blending fact and fiction into something fiercer than either. In Madison Washington, he shapes more than a character: he channels the rhythm of revolt, the breath of those who ran, and the silence of those who couldn't.
This is not a tale polished for comfort. It is hunger and hope, iron and prayer. It moves in murmurs and outcries. It carries the weight of chains—and the sound of them breaking. What you hear may not be history as it was written. But it is history as it was felt.
Listen closely.
Some voices were never meant to go quiet.
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The Heroic Slave
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ISBN Audio:
4069828334922
Erscheinungsdatum:
14. April 2025
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2 Std 3 Min
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Über den Autor:
Frederick Douglass (February 1818 – February 20, 1895) was one of the most powerful voices for freedom in American history—a self-liberated man who became an abolitionist, writer, and orator of extraordinary influence. Born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland, Douglass was separated from his mother as a child and never knew his exact birth date. Yet he taught himself to read and write in secret, believing that literacy was the first step toward liberation.
In 1838, he escaped from bondage disguised as a sailor and began his life as a free man in the North. His speeches—bold, uncompromising, and eloquent—captivated audiences across the United States and Europe, challenging the moral conscience of the 19th century. His groundbreaking autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845), became a landmark in American literature and abolitionist writing.
Douglass advised presidents, championed women's rights, and fought tirelessly for racial equality and civil justice. In 1853, he published The Heroic Slave, his only work of fiction—a gripping novella inspired by the real-life revolt led by Madison Washington aboard the slave ship Creole. Though less known than his autobiographies, the story remains a powerful fictional embodiment of Douglass's ideals of dignity, resistance, and freedom.
Frederick Douglass died in 1895, leaving behind a legacy that continues to inspire. He was not only a man who escaped slavery, but a man who reshaped the very meaning of liberty.
