Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave. Written by Himself (Annotated)(Biography)

Name: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave. Written by Himself (Annotated)(Biography)
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ISBN-10: 1521153485
ISBN-13: 9781521153482
Series: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Pages: 168
Language: English
Published: 2017-04-25
Author: Frederick Douglass

Description

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. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass encompasses eleven chapters that recount Douglass' life as a slave and his ambition to become a free man.