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