| Description |
1 online resource (xxxvi, 125 pages) |
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The John Harvard library |
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John Harvard library.
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| Contents |
Introduction / by Robert B. Stepto -- Note on the text -- Chronology of Frederick Douglass's life -- Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass -- Selected bibliography |
| Summary |
"No book more vividly explains the horror of American slavery and the emotional impetus behind the antislavery movement than Frederick Douglass's Narrative. In an introductory essay, Robert B. Stepto reexamines the extraordinary life and achievement of a man who escaped from slavery to become a leading abolitionist and one of America's most important writers. The John Harvard Library text reproduces the first edition, published in Boston in 1845"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Originally published: Boston : Anti-slavery Office, 1845 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-125) |
| Notes |
Robert B. Stepto is Professor of English, African American Studies, and American Studies at Yale University. He is the author of From Behind the Veil: A Study of Afro-American Narrative |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Description based on print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
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| SUBJECT |
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 fast |
| Subject |
African American abolitionists -- Biography
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Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography
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Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Abolitionists
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African American abolitionists
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Enslaved persons
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stepto, Robert B., writer of introduction.
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| LC no. |
2009004437 |
| ISBN |
9780674053755 |
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0674053753 |
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