More
See all Show me
55. Lecture 5: "A House Divided"
11 months ago
Lecture 5: “A House Divided”

Discussion of Whitman and working people; Henry David Thoreau, Transcendentalism, and “Civil Disobedience” (1848); rise of abolitionism and the role of women in the movement; the 1848 Seneca Falls woman’s rights convention; Frederick Douglass, public speaking, and the 1845 Narrative; extended analysis of Douglass’ ‘What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?’ speech (1852); George Fitzhugh and the proslavery argument.

From: American Protest Literature Lecture Videos (Harvard University) from "Literature and Arts A-86: American Protest Literature from Tom Paine to Tupac"
This conversation is missing your voice. Take five seconds to join Vimeo or log in.

Advertisement

1 Related collections

Statistics

  •  
    plays
    likes
    comments
  • Total
    plays 128
    likes 0
    comments 0
  • Nov 29th
    plays 0
    likes 0
    comments 0
  • Nov 28th
    plays 0
    likes 0
    comments 0
  • Nov 27th
    plays 0
    likes 0
    comments 0
  • Nov 26th
    plays 0
    likes 0
    comments 0
  • Nov 25th
    plays 0
    likes 0
    comments 0
  • Nov 24th
    plays 1
    likes 0
    comments 0
  • Nov 23rd
    plays 1
    likes 0
    comments 0
  • Nov 22nd
    plays 3
    likes 0
    comments 0
Previous Week

Downloads

Please join Vimeo or log in to download the original file. It only takes a few seconds.