Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (AmazonClassics Edition) - Softcover

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Douglass, Frederick

 
9781542047401: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (AmazonClassics Edition)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1542047404 ISBN 13: 9781542047401
Verlag: AmazonClassics, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

Frederick Douglass’s celebrated memoir is among the most influential works of the nineteenth-century abolitionist movement in the United States. Beginning with his birth on a Maryland plantation in 1818, Douglass’s account records the tyranny and brutality of his life in slavery until his ultimate escape to New Bedford, Massachusetts, at the age of twenty.

Published in 1845―just seven years after his escape―Douglass’s narrative sold five thousand copies in its first four months in print. His story’s impact―then and now―makes Douglass a key figure in the fight for African American freedom and equality in the United States.

Revised edition: Previously published as Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, this edition of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

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Born into slavery in Maryland as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey (1818–1895), Douglass escaped and went on to become an orator, author, and national leader in the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York. Douglass, who taught himself to read and write, gave many speeches against slavery and was the author of three autobiographies. Douglass also became active in politics, successfully campaigning to make ending slavery a key issue in the Civil War and to allow black soldiers to fight in the Union army. His belief in equality for all continued after the war, as he fought for African American rights and became an active supporter of women’s suffrage until his death.

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Verlag
AmazonClassics
Erscheinungsdatum
2017
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1542047404
ISBN 13 
9781542047401
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
128
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