Until the Last Yoke Is Broken
A groundbreaking analysis of Frederick Douglass as constitutional theorist, showing how his vision, which prefigured today's originalism, melded history and natural rights to address the evil of slavery. In his celebrated address "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Frederick Douglass excoriated America's hypocritical celebration of freedom. But he did not blame the nation's founding document for enabling...HardbackSold Out