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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Written by Himself

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Book Description
No book more vividly explains the horror of American slavery and the emotional impetus behind the antislavery movement than Frederick Douglass' "Narrative". In an introductory essay, Robert Stepto re-examines the extraordinary life and achievement of a man who escaped from slavery to become a leading abolitionist and one of our most important writers. The John Harvard Library text reproduces the f... More
Book Information
PublisherBelknap Press
BindingPaperback (349 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages176
ISBN-100674034015
ISBN-13978-0674034013
Publication Date04/15/2009
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About Frederick Douglass (Author) : Frederick Douglass is a published author of young adult books. Some of the published credits of Frederick Douglass include Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Unabridged), My Bondage and My F... more
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About Robert B. Stepto (Introduction) : Robert B. Stepto is credited in young adult books. A published credit of Robert B. Stepto is Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations).
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9/19/2009 Nicole Redmond said: One of the first reads that inspired me to become an English teacher - forced me to look at our world in a different light.
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