Firmin & Douglass: Twelve Days in Concord
Paperback
Series: Echoes of the Caribbean
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ISBN13: 9798269480596
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 29 2025
Pages: 172
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 29 2025
Pages: 172
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In the winter of 1884, in a quiet farmhouse in Concord, Massachusetts, history might have shifted. Anténor Firmin, the Haitian anthropologist whose writings challenged the false science of race, and Frederick Douglass, the American abolitionist whose words thundered across continents, come together in twelve days of imagined dialogue. Through philosophy, memory, and the quiet weight of their struggles, they speak of justice, humanity, and the dreams that bind them. Firmin shapes the ideas that will define his masterwork, while Douglass, weary yet unbroken, rediscovers hope in the unfinished fight for freedom. Bridging Caribbean and America, Africa and the West, this luminous story blurs boundaries and celebrates the fire carried by those who refused to be silenced. It is a meditation on friendship, courage, and the enduring power of ideas. For those who walk the long corridors of history seeking the doors left open, this book is an invitation to listen and to believe.
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