Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the United States.

Frederick Douglass werd geboren als Amerikaanse slaaf en leerde zichzelf lezen en schrijven. Hij werd een gedreven strijder tegen de slavernij, briljant schrijver, journalist en spreker, wiens speeches het abolitionisme aanwakkerden. In zijn jeugd werd hij lichamelijk en geestelijk mishandeld, maar door zijn ijzeren wil werd hij een belangrijk voorvechter van zijn volk. In deze autobiografie schetst hij een indringend beeld van zijn ellendige leven als slaaf, en een adembenemend beeld van ...

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the United States.

A new collection of the seminal writings and speeches of a legendary writer, orator, and civil rights leaderThis compact volume offers a full course on the remarkable, diverse career of Frederick Douglass, letting us hear once more a necessary historical figure whose guiding voice is needed now as urgently as ever. Edited by renowned scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Pulitzer Prize–nominated historian John Stauffer, The Portable Frederick Douglass includ...

A dramatic autobiography and powerful firsthand account of slavery, written by America's most influential abolitionistFirst published in 1845, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an eye-opening depiction of American slavery. Part autobiography, part human-rights treatise, it describes the everyday horrors inflicted on captive laborers, as well as the strength and courage needed to survive.Born into slavery on a Maryland plantatio...

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass during his time in Lynn, Massachusetts. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th c...

The abolitionist author presents profound insight on the meaning of race and freedom in America in this memoir of slavery, escape, and reinvention.One of the most important figures in the American civil rights movement, Frederick Douglass was a major influence on social and political thought in the nineteenth century. His autobiographical writings were a powerful vehicle for his philosophy of human equality.Written ten years after his legal emancipation in ...

In the month of August, 1841, I attended an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket, at which it was my happiness to become acquainted with Frederick Douglass, the writer of the following Narrative. He was a stranger to nearly every member of that body; but, having recently made his escape from the southern prison-house of bondage, and feeling his curiosity excited to ascertain the principles and measures of the abolitionists,—of whom he had heard a somewhat vague description while he was a s...

This volume contains the full text of twenty-three of the most important publications of Frederick Douglass that are available for electronic dissemination. Works included are:Narrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassAn American SlaveMy Bondage and my FreedomFrederick Douglass 1899My Escape from SlaveryReconstructionAbolition Fanaticism in new YorkFlaming Abolition Speech Delivered by the Runaway Slave Frederick DouglassJohn...

""Não há um único homem sob a abóbada celeste que não saiba que a escravidão é errada para si mesmo." - Frederick Douglass "Frederick Douglass é um dos homens cuja trajetória pode ser classificada como uma das mais impressionantes da história mundial. É importante ressaltar que Douglass não é apenas um personagem cuja relevância se reduz à história dos Estados Unidos. Trata-se de um homem cujas ideias e ações possibilitaram uma maior compreensão do mundo em que hoje vivemos e que deixou re...

Frederick Douglass was the most prominent African American of the 19th Century and Sidney Morrison has created a mesmerizing historical novel richly detailing his life and the Civil War EraThis portrayal of Douglass distinguishes him as one of the founders of American democracy instrumental in ending the institution of slavery from which he escapes to become a fierce abolitionist, gifted orator, and newspaper publisher of The North Star. Douglass collabora...

Born into slavery and denied even the certainty of his own birthday, Frederick Douglass rose to become one of the most powerful voices of the 19th century. Through courage, literacy, escape, oratory, journalism, political action, and moral defiance, he challenged slavery, confronted presidents, defended Black citizenship, supported women's rights, and forced the United States to face the contradiction between its ideals of freedom and the reality of human ...