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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

An American Slave

by Frederick Douglass
CD-Audio
Publication Date: 20/10/2015

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The compelling autobiographical work of noted orator, minister, and abolitionist Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass was an American abolitionist, women's suffragist, editor, orator, author, statesman, and reformer. He was called both "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The Lion of Anacostia" and is one of the most prominent figures in African-American history and United States history. He was born into slavery but secretly taught himself to read and write-a crime punishable by death. Because of this, we now possess what may be the most eloquent indictment of slavery ever written. This audiobook takes us into the fields, cabins, and manors of the pre-Civil War South and shows in vivid detail the heartlessness of slaveholders. Douglass finally managed to escape and became a famous orator, minister, and leader of his people.



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ISBN:
9781491591031
9781491591031
Category:
Autobiography: historical
Format:
CD-Audio
Publication Date:
20-10-2015
Publisher:
Classic Collection
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
133x165x19mm
Weight:
0.14kg
Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Maryland, 1818. He was separated from his mother as a baby and lived with his grandmother up to the age of eight, when he was sent to live as a house servant, a field hand and then a ship caulker. He escaped to New York in 1838 and seven years later published Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an autobiography of his life as a slave, which became an instant bestseller.

Douglass rose to fame as a powerful orator and spent the rest of his life campaigning for equality. He became a national leader of the abolitionist movement, a consultant to Abraham Lincoln in the civil rights movement and a passionate supporter of the women’s rights movement. He died in 1895.

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