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Frederick Douglass.

A Narrative of the Life of an American Slave


  • Penguin UK
  • by Frederick Douglass
The pre-eminent American slave narrative published in 1845, the Narrative powerfully details the life of the abolitionist Frederick Douglass from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838; how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and drivers, how he learned to read and write, and how he grew into a man who could only live free or die.

ISBN 9780143107309 | E | PB
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Publisher Penguin UK
ISBN 9780143107309
Author(s) Frederick Douglass
Publication date July 2014
Edition Paperback
Dimensions 196 x 137 mm
Pages 176
Language(s) Eng. ed.
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The pre-eminent American slave narrative published in 1845, the Narrative powerfully details the life of the abolitionist Frederick Douglass from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838; how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and drivers, how he learned to read and write, and how he grew into a man who could only live free or die. Also included in this edition are Douglass' famous oration The Meaning of the Fourth of July to the Negro and his only known work of fiction, the novella The Heroic Slave.