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Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave / written by himself ; introduction by Robert B. Stepto.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895, author.
- Series:
- John Harvard library.
- The John Harvard library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
- Douglass, Frederick.
- African American abolitionists--Biography.
- African American abolitionists.
- Abolitionists--United States--Biography.
- Abolitionists.
- Enslaved persons--United States--Biography.
- Enslaved persons.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxviii, 125 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- No book more vividly explains the horror of American slavery and the emotional impetus behind the antislavery movement than Frederick Douglass' Narrative. In an introductory essay, Robert Stepto re-examines the extraordinary life and achievement of a man who escaped from slavery to become a leading abolitionist and one of America's most important writers. The John Harvard Library text reproduces the first edition, published in Boston in 1845.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Note on the Text
- Chronology of Frederick Douglass’s Life
- Preface
- Letter From Wendell Phillips, Esq.
- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- Appendix
- Selected Bibliography
- Notes:
- Originally published: Boston : Anti-slavery Office, 1845.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780674263055
- 0674263057
- 9780674053755
- 0674053753
- OCLC:
- 1294426420
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