Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Written by Himself Contributor(s): Douglass, Frederick (Author) |
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ISBN: 1599867036 ISBN-13: 9781599867038 Publisher: Fq Classics OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: Frederick Douglass was born into slavery as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey in Maryland. As a young boy he was sent to Baltimore, to be a house servant, where he learned to read and write, with the assistance of his master's wife. In 1838 he escaped from slavery and went to New York City, where he married Anna Murray, a free colored woman whom he had met in Baltimore. Soon thereafter he changed his name to Frederick Douglass. In 1841 he addressed a convention of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in Nantucket and so greatly impressed the group that they immediately employed him as an agent. He was such an impressive orator that numerous persons doubted if he had ever been a slave, and he wrote this classic book about his life story. |
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BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - Social Science | Slavery - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
Dewey: B |
Lexile Measure: 550 |
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6" W x 9" (0.79 lbs) 128 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American |