Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass : authoritative text, contexts, criticism / edited by William L. Andrews and William S. McFeely. - New York, NY. : W.W. Norton & Co., c1997. - ix, 188 p. ; 21 cm. - A Norton critical edition .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-188).

An autobiographical account of a childhood and youth spent in slavery by a man who became a great abolitionist and leader of anti-slavery activity. Upon its publication in 1845, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, became an immediate best-seller. In addition to its far-reaching impact on the antislavery movement in the United States and abroad, Douglass's fugitive slave narrative earned it a place among the classics of nineteenth-century American autobiography.

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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.


African American abolitionists--Biography
Abolitionists--United States--Biography

E449.D75 / D68 1997