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LAURENCE FENTON
Print/Online
Features, reviews and interviews from a selection of newspapers, magazines and websites:
Shepherd.com, 25 October 2021, 'The best books on Frederick Douglass'
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Share America, 15 February 2019, 'Frederick Douglass: A Symbol of Freedom Beyond America's Shores'
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Daily Mail, 5 March 2018, 'The Slave Who Ran Away to London'
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Irish Literary Supplement, 1 March 2015, 'Under Freedom's Star'
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Irish Catholic, 7 August 2014, 'Ireland's Links with Black Freedom'
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Books Ireland, July/August 2014, 'How an Escaped Slave Became a Celebrity in Ireland'
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Irish Times, 10 May 2014, 'Sharp Lessons for Contemporary Campaigners'
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Reviews in History, 'Book Review: Frederick Douglass in Ireland: 'The Black O'Connell''
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American Historical Review, February 2014, 'Book Review: Palmerston and The Times: Foreign Policy, the Press and Public Opinion in Mid-Victorian Britain'
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The Irish Story, 'Book Review: The Young Ireland Rebellion and Limerick'
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Irish Examiner, 21 August 2010, 'The Cabbage Plot Rebels'
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Radio/Podcasts
Interviews on radio stations and podcasts:
Talking History, Newstalk, 10 April 2022 (Life and Legacy of Frederick Douglass - panel with Prof David W. Blight and Prof Christine Kinealy)
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The Opinion Line, Cork's 96FM, 5 August 2021 (The Cork Abolitionists Trail)
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Drivetime, RTE Radio 1, 22 July 2021 (The Cork Abolitionists Trail)
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Interview with The Rebel Matters Podcast on the life of Frederick Douglass, 12 February 2021 - part of #DouglassWeek 2021
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Moncrieff, Newstalk, 7 April 2014 (Frederick Douglass in Ireland: 'The Black O'Connell')
Talking History, Newstalk, 6 April 2014 (Frederick Douglass in Ireland: 'The Black O'Connell')
The Last Word, Today FM, 6 March 2014 (Frederick Douglass in Ireland: 'The Black O'Connell')
The Pat Kenny Show, Newstalk, 5 March 2014 (Frederick Douglass in Ireland: 'The Black O'Connell')
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