Narrative of the Life of Frede (Signet Classics): An American Slave - Softcover

Douglass Frederick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451529944 ISBN 13: 9780451529947

Publisher: Signet Classics, 2005

Synopsis

Born into a life of bondage, Frederick Douglass secretly taught himself to read and write. It was a crime punishable by death, but it resulted in one of the most eloquent indictments of slavery ever recorded. His gripping narrative takes us into the fields, cabins, and manors of pre-Civil War plantations in the South and reveals the daily terrors he suffered as a slave. Written more than a century and a half ago by an African-American who went on to become a famous orator, U.S. minister to Haiti, and leader of his people, this timeless classic still speaks directly to our age. It is a record of savagery and inhumanity that goes far to explain why America still suffers from the great injustices of the past. With an Introduction by Peter J. Gomes and an Afterword by Gregory Stephens

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Review:

"He is my friend." --Abraham Lincoln "He experienced...the tyranny and circumscription of an ambitious human being who was classified as real estate."--W.E.B. DuBois "This narrative contains many affecting incidents, many passages of great eloquence and power...Who can read [it], and be insensible to its pathos and sublimity?" --William Lloyd Garrison

Book Description:

Relive history with this one-of-a-kind, firsthand account by a man who overcame slavery and became a beacon of hope to all.

About this edition

• Publisher: Signet Classics
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0451529944
• ISBN 13: 9780451529947
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 160