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Frederick Douglass An American Slave: 3 Autobiographical Books in in One Volume - Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass My Bondage and My Freedom & Life and Times of Frederick Douglass - cover

Frederick Douglass An American Slave: 3 Autobiographical Books in in One Volume - Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass My Bondage and My Freedom & Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Publisher: Madison & Adams Press

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"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" is s generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the United States. 
My Bondage and My Freedom is the second of three autobiographies written by Douglass, and is mainly an expansion of his first (Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass), discussing in greater detail his transition from bondage to liberty.
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass is Frederick Douglass' third autobiography in which he gave more details about his life as a slave and his escape from slavery in this volume than he could in his two previous autobiographies. 
Frederick Douglass (1818 –1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writings.
Available since: 02/05/2018.
Print length: 1025 pages.

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