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Portrait of African-American heroes

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An American Slave

A dramatic autobiography of the great 19th century black leader and abolitionist.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

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Ohio

Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

Robert S. Levine foregrounds the viewpoints of Black Americans on Reconstruction in his absorbing account of the struggle between the great orator Frederick Douglass and President Andrew Johnson.

The Failed Promise

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Alabama

Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection

In an effort to provide unemployed writers with work during the Great Depression of the 1930s, the United States Government, through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), funded the Federal Writers' Project. One of the group's most noteworthy and enduring achievements was the Slave Narrative Collection, consisting of more than 2,000 transcripts of interviews with former slaves, who, in blunt, simple words, provided often-startling first-person accounts of their lives in bondage. This book reprints some of the most detailed and engrossing life histories in the collection. Each narrative is complete.
Thirty-four gripping testimonies are included, with all slave occupations represented -- from field hand and cook to French tutor and seamstress. Personal treatment reported by these individuals also encompassed a wide range -- from the most harsh and exploitative to living and working conditions that were intimate and benevolent.
An illuminating and unique source of information about life in the South before, during, and after the Civil War, these memoirs, most importantly, preserve the opinions and perspective of those who were enslaved. Invaluable to students, teachers, and specialists in Southern history, this compelling book will intrigue anyone interested in the African-American experience.

When I Was a Slave

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

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A Library of America Paperback Classic

One of the greatest works of American autobiography, in a definitive Library of America text: Published seven years after his escape from slavery, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845) is a powerful account of the cruelty and oppression of the Maryland plantation culture into which Frederick Douglass was born. It brought him to the forefront of the antislavery movement and drew thousands, black and white, to the cause. Written in part as a response to skeptics who refused to believe that so articulate an orator could ever have been a slave, the Narrative reveals the eloquence and fierce intelligence that made Douglass a brilliantly effective spokesman for abolition and equal rights, as he shapes an inspiring vision of self-realization in the face of unimaginable odds.

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An American Slave, Written by Himself with Related Documents

This second edition of Douglass's Narrative reprints this classic document together with speeches and letters, all in a volume designed for undergraduate students. An extensive introduction places the Narrative in its historical and literary contexts with annotations on needed background.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (2nd Edition)

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The impassioned abolitionist and eloquent orator provides graphic descriptions of his childhood and horrifying experiences as a slave as well as a harrowing record of his dramatic escape to the North and eventual freedom. Published in 1845 to quell doubts about his origins, the Narrative is admired today for its extraordinary passion, sensitive descriptions, and storytelling power.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas

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The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln

Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln were the preeminent self-made men of their time. In this masterful dual biography, award-winning Harvard University scholar John Stauffer describes the transformations in the lives of these two giants during a major shift in cultural history, when men rejected the status quo and embraced new ideals of personal liberty. As Douglass and Lincoln reinvented themselves and ultimately became friends, they transformed America.

Lincoln was born dirt poor, had less than one year of formal schooling, and became the nation's greatest president. Douglass spent the first twenty years of his life as a slave, had no formal schooling-in fact, his masters forbade him to read or write-and became one of the nation's greatest writers and activists, as well as a spellbinding orator and messenger of audacious hope, the pioneer who blazed the path traveled by future African-American leaders.

At a time when most whites would not let a black man cross their threshold, Lincoln invited Douglass into the White House. Lincoln recognized that he needed Douglass to help him destroy the Confederacy and preserve the Union; Douglass realized that Lincoln's shrewd sense of public opinion would serve his own goal of freeing the nation's blacks. Their relationship shifted in response to the country's debate over slavery, abolition, and emancipation.

Both were ambitious men. They had great faith in the moral and technological progress of their nation. And they were not always consistent in their views. John Stauffer describes their personal and political struggles with a keen understanding of the dilemmas Douglass and Lincoln confronted and the social context in which they occurred. What emerges is a brilliant portrait of how two of America's greatest leaders lived.

Giants

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California

No group of slaves anywhere, in any era, has left such prolific testimony to the horror of bondage as African-American slaves. Here are four of the most notable narratives: The Life of Olaudah Equiano; The History of Mary Prince; Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; and Incidents in the Life of Slave Girl.





The Classic Slave Narratives

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Prophet of Freedom

**Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in History** *Winner of the Bancroft, Parkman, Los Angeles Times (biography), Lincoln, Plutarch, and Christopher Awards* Named one of the Best Books of 2018 by The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, and Time “Extraordinary…a great American biography” (The New Yorker) of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era. As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fortunate to have been taught to read by his slave owner mistress, and he would go on to become one of the major literary figures of his time. His very existence gave the lie to slave owners: with dignity and great intelligence he bore witness to the brutality of slavery. Initially mentored by William Lloyd Garrison, Douglass spoke widely, using his own story to condemn slavery. By the Civil War, Douglass had become the most famed and widely travelled orator in the nation. In his unique and eloquent voice, written and spoken, Douglass was a fierce critic of the United States as well as a radical patriot. After the war he sometimes argued politically with younger African Americans, but he never forsook either the Republican party or the cause of black civil and political rights. In this “cinematic and deeply engaging” (The New York Times Book Review) biography, David Blight has drawn on new information held in a private collection that few other historian have consulted, as well as recently discovered issues of Douglass’s newspapers. “Absorbing and even moving…a brilliant book that speaks to our own time as well as Douglass’s” (The Wall Street Journal), Blight’s biography tells the fascinating story of Douglass’s two marriages and his complex extended family. “David Blight has written the definitive biography of Frederick Douglass…a powerful portrait of one of the most important American voices of the nineteenth century” (The Boston Globe).

Frederick Douglass

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First published in 1845, the "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" is the memoir of former slave turned abolitionist, Frederick Douglass. Considered as one of the most famous of all the slave narratives ever written, the story recounts Douglass's life from early childhood growing up in Maryland as a slave to his eventual escape to the North. Douglass tells of his life with various owners depicting the cruelty that he himself endured and was witness to. Douglass begins to learn to read and write when his master's wife, Mrs. Sophia Auld, begins teaching him the alphabet and some small words. His instruction quickly comes to an end though when Mr. Auld disapproves. Douglass, however, realizing the importance of literacy, takes it upon himself to learn to read and write. This decision would serve him well as he would eventually use it to document the civil injustices of slavery in 19th century America and to craft his impassioned oratories against it. The work of Frederick Douglass would be an early and inspirational voice in the abolitionist movement, one which would give hope to the cause and which would ultimately help to bring about an end to that brutally unjust chapter of American history known as slavery. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

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His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time

B. H. V. Topping is an honorary professor at the University of Pecs in Hungary and an emeritus professor at Heriot-Watt University in the UK. J. M. Adam and F. J. Pallarés are senior lecturers at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia in Spain. R. Bru and M. L. Romero are professors at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia.

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

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Twelve Years a Slave and Other Slave Narratives

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Portrait of African-American heroes

Frederick Douglass; Peter J. Gomes (Introduction by)

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Robert S. Levine

The Failed Promise

Norman R. Yetman (Editor)

When I Was a Slave

Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Frederick Douglass; John Stauffer (Introduction by)

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Frederick Douglass; David W. Blight (Editor)

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (2nd Edition)

Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas

Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas

John Stauffer

Giants

Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas

Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas

Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas

Henry Louis Gates (Editor, Introduction by)

The Classic Slave Narratives

Henry Louis Gates (Editor, Introduction by)

The Classic Slave Narratives

David W. Blight

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas

Robert G. O'Meally (Introduction by, Intro and Notes by); Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

Solomon Northup, Sojourner Truth, Nat Turner, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Ann Jacobs

Twelve Years a Slave and Other Slave Narratives

Frederick Douglass

Selected works B&N Edition

Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas

Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas