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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b11062833.
- catalog coverage "United States Race relations.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog 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.".
- catalog description "A mount calvary of joy: Ottilie Assings' childhood an youth -- If only I were a bird: vagrant years -- Pilgrim-fool: American beginnings -- Irresistible attractiveness and distinction: appropriating Frederick Douglass -- The I and the other: Ottilie Assing and the Douglasses -- Of Emerald Islands and Magic Gardens: the Antebellum years -- The iron arm of the black man: the Civil War years -- A delightful time, admirably spent: the Reconstruction years -- La donna è mobile? Years of suspense -- Hagar's shadow: separation and suicide -- Concluding remarks: aequanimitas -- Notes -- Bibliography --Illustration credits -- Index.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-463) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxix, 480 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0809016133 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Hill and Wang,".
- catalog spatial "United States Race relations.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973.8/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Abolitionists United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "African American abolitionists Biography.".
- catalog subject "African Americans Relations with Germans History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Assing, Ottilie.".
- catalog subject "Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 Friends and associates.".
- catalog subject "E449 .D57 1999".
- catalog subject "Journalists United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Women journalists United States Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "A mount calvary of joy: Ottilie Assings' childhood an youth -- If only I were a bird: vagrant years -- Pilgrim-fool: American beginnings -- Irresistible attractiveness and distinction: appropriating Frederick Douglass -- The I and the other: Ottilie Assing and the Douglasses -- Of Emerald Islands and Magic Gardens: the Antebellum years -- The iron arm of the black man: the Civil War years -- A delightful time, admirably spent: the Reconstruction years -- La donna è mobile? Years of suspense -- Hagar's shadow: separation and suicide -- Concluding remarks: aequanimitas -- Notes -- Bibliography --Illustration credits -- Index.".
- catalog title "Love across color lines : Ottilie Assing and Frederick Douglass / Maria Diedrich.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".