Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
	First edition cover
Author	David W. Blight
Audio read by	Prentice Onayemi
Cover artist	Darren Haggar (design)
Country	United States
Language	English
Subject	Frederick Douglass
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Publication date	October 16, 2018
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	912
Awards	Pulitzer Prize for History (2019); Bancroft Prize (2019);
ISBN	978-1-4165-9031-6 (hardcover)
OCLC	1022622448
Dewey Decimal	973.8092 B
LC Class	E449.D75 B557 2018

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom is a 2018 biography of African-American abolitionist Frederick Douglass, written by historian David W. Blight. It was published in 2018 by Simon & Schuster and won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for History.^[4]^[5]

Film adaptation edit

In April 2019, it was reported that a feature film adaptation of the book was being produced by Barack Obama and Michelle Obama in partnership with Netflix.^[6]^[7] In 2023 it was reported that Regina King will direct the film, with a script by Kemp Powers.^[8]

In 2022, Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches, a documentary film based on the book, was released by HBO on various streaming platforms.^[9]

Awards and honors edit

2019 Bancroft Prize, winner^[10]
2019 Francis Parkman Prize, winner^[11]
2019 Lincoln Prize, winner^[12]
2019 Mark Lynton History Prize, shortlist^[13]
2019 Plutarch Award, winner^[14]
2019 Pulitzer Prize for History, winner
2018 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography, winner^[15]

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