Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave : Written by Himself / Frederick Douglass ; John R. McKivigan, Peter P. Hinks.

A new edition of one of the most influential literary documents in American and African American history Ideal for coursework in American and African American history, this revised edition of Frederick Douglass's memoir of his life as a slave in pre-Civil War Maryland incorporates a wide range...

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author: Douglass, Frederick (Author)
Other Authors: Hinks, Peter P. (Editor), McKivigan, John R. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2016]
Edition:Critical edition.
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Summary:A new edition of one of the most influential literary documents in American and African American history Ideal for coursework in American and African American history, this revised edition of Frederick Douglass's memoir of his life as a slave in pre-Civil War Maryland incorporates a wide range of supplemental materials to enhance students' understanding of slavery, abolitionism, and the role of race in American society. Offering readers a new appreciation of Douglass's world, it includes documents relating to the slave narrative genre and to the later career of an essential figure in the nineteenth-century abolition movement.
Physical Description:1 online resource (320 pages) : 7 b-w illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780300225297
0300225296
Language:In English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 05. Mai 2020)