Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Frederick Douglass Author

by Frederick Douglass

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Introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah Commentary by Jean Fagan Yellin and Margaret Fuller  This Modern Library edition combines two of the most important African American slave narratives—crucial works that each illuminate and inform the ot... Read more
Introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah Commentary by Jean Fagan Yellin and Margaret Fuller  This Modern Library edition combines two of the most important African American slave narratives—crucial works that each illuminate and inform the other.   Frederick Douglass’s Narrative, first published in 1845, is an enlightening and incendiary text. Born into slavery, Douglass became the preeminent spokesman for his people during his life; his narrative is an unparalleled account of the dehumanizing effects of slavery and Douglass’s own triumph over it.   Like Douglass, Harriet Jacobs was born into slavery, and in 1861 she published Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, now recognized as the most comprehensive antebellum slave narrative written by a woman. Jacobs’s account broke the silence on the exploitation of African American female slaves, and it remains essential reading.   Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide Less

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File size5.19(w)x7.96(h)x0.94(d)
Print pages432
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
Publication date November 23, 2000
ISBN9780679783282
Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Ma...

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