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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Contributor(s): Douglass, Frederick (Author), Gomes, Peter J. (Introduction by), Stephens, Gregory (Afterword by)
ISBN: 0451529944     ISBN-13: 9780451529947
Publisher: Signet Book
OUR PRICE:   $4.46  
Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats
Published: June 2005
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Annotation: This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition combines the two most important African American slave narratives into one volume.
Frederick Douglass's Narrative, first published in 1845, is an enlightening and incendiary text. Born into slavery, Douglass became the preeminent spokesman for his people during his life; his narrative is an unparalleled account of the dehumanizing effects of slavery and Douglass's own triumph over it. Like Douglass, Harriet Jacobs was born into slavery, and in 1861 she published Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, now recognized as the most comprehensive antebellum slave narrative written by a woman. Jacobs's account broke the silence on the exploitation of African American female slaves, and it remains crucial reading. These narratives illuminate and inform each other. This edition includes an incisive Introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah and extensive annotations.

"From the Trade Paperback edition.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General
- Social Science | Slavery
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2005006971
Lexile Measure: 550
Series: Signet Classics
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.1" W x 6.6" (0.20 lbs) 160 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Topical - Black History
 
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Publisher Description:
Frederick Douglass's dramatic autobiographical account of his early life as a slave in America.

Born into a life of bondage, Frederick Douglass secretly taught himself to read and write. It was a crime punishable by death, but it resulted in one of the most eloquent indictments of slavery ever recorded. His gripping narrative takes us into the fields, cabins, and manors of pre-Civil War plantations in the South and reveals the daily terrors he suffered.

Written more than a century and a half ago by a Black man who went on to become a famous orator, U.S. minister to Haiti, and leader of his people, this timeless classic still speaks directly to our age. It is a record of savagery and inhumanity that goes far to explain why America still suffers from the great injustices of the past.

With an Introduction by Peter J. Gomes
and an Afterword by Gregory Stephens