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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
Category: Biography Memoir
"A masterpiece...[Douglass] was not only self-educated, with a love of language which should still be an inspiration; he was also self-created." [New York Times]. Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Maryland in 1818. After his escape in 1838 he became an ardent abolitionist, and his autobiograph ...Show more
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave by Frederick Douglass
Category: Classic Fiction
The most famous memoir of its kind and a key text in the anti-slavery movement, <i>Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass </i>tells the striking and emotionally charged story of one man’s journey from slavery to freedom. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, c ...Show more
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave by Frederick Douglass
Category: Biography Memoir
Frederick Douglass (c.1818-1895) was born into slavery but escaped in 1838, quickly becoming involved in the abolitionist movement. Following publication in 1845 of this autobiography he risked recognition and recapture by his owner, and so fled the United States. This reissue is of the Dublin edition o ...Show more
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - An American Slave, Written by Himself by Frederick Douglass; William L. Andrews; William S. McFeely
Category: Biography | Series: Norton Critical Editions Ser.
- Frederick Douglass's 1845 Narrative, the most influential autobiography of its kind. - A preface and explanatory footnotes by William L. Andrews and William S. McFeely.- Contemporary perspectives by Douglass, Margaret Fuller, James Monroe Gregory, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.- Essays by William L. Andr ...Show more
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - An American Slave, Written by Himself by Frederick Douglass; Robert B. Stepto (Introduction by)
Category: Biography | Series: The\John Harvard Library
Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work. Frederi ...Show more
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Collins Classics) by Frederick Douglass
Category: Biography | Series: Collins Classics Ser.
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man. Born into slavery during the early nineteenth century, Frederick Douglass escaped to freedom before he was twenty-one years old. ...Show more
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: The Black History Classic by Frederick Douglass
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Capstone Classics Ser.
DISCOVER ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACCOUNTS OF SLAVERY IN NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICA One of history?s greatest crimes, the American slave trade led to the suffering of untold numbers of men and women. But how can we better understand the lives and experiences of those who endured it?Narrative of the Lif ...Show more
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass
Category: Biography | Series: Knickerbocker Classics
Former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass, in his own words Considered to be the most famous work written by a former slave, this memoir, first published in 1845 set the tone for the American abolitionist movement. Within four months of its publication, it had sold more than five thousand copies. ...Show more
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass; Deborah E. McDowell (Editor)
Category: Biography | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
In the month of August, 1841, I attended an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket, at which it was my happiness to become acquainted with Frederick Douglass, the writer of the following Narrative. He was a stranger to nearly every member of that body; but, having recently made his escape from the souther ...Show more