Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · February 18, 2013
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- Who it’s for
- Douglass’s firsthand account brings self-education and resistance into clear, personal focus.
- Themes
- Enslavement and escape, Self-education, Abolition and freedom
- Genres
- Black & African American Lives, Slavery Studies, 19th-Century America
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is one of the most influential autobiographies ever written. This classic did as much as or more than any other book to motivate the abolitionist to continue to fight for freedom in American. Frederick Douglass was born a slave, he escaped a brutal system, and through sheer force of will, educated himself and became an abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman, and reformer.
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A Voice in History
Douglass’s firsthand account brings self-education and resistance into clear, personal focus.
Come here for
- A life recounted in Douglass’s own words
- The link between personal freedom and abolitionist work
Expect
- A direct autobiographical narrative
- A story of struggle, learning, and public purpose
Where it sits
| Black & African American Lives | 93% |
|---|---|
| 19th-Century America | 38% |
| Slavery Studies | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Cultural Heritage Lives
- African American Literary Collections
- Authors
- Frederick Douglass
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- February 18, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Enslavement and escape · Self-education · Abolition and freedom
- Reading lane
- Cultural Heritage Lives