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1 day ago · >> in partnership with the library of congress, c-span rings you books that shaped america. our series brings you books that have had a profound impact on the country. the first autobiography of abolitionist and former slave frederick douglass. published in 1845 the narrative of the life of frederick douglass he tells his early life as a slave in maryland lynn tatian. learning to read and ...
6 days ago · The genre achieves its most eloquent expression in Frederick Douglass’s 1845 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: an American Slave and Harriet Jacobs’s 1861 Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
2 days ago · The Final Years of Frederick Douglass (Full Bio) [REBROADCAST FROM February 26, 2021] We wrap up February’s installment of the "Full Bio" series with a look at the last years of Frederick Douglass’s life, including his experience as minister and consul general to Haiti. Historian David W. Blight, author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of ...
Jun 26, 2024 · He published three bestselling autobiographies, including The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (published in 1845), which immortalized his years in bondage.
Jun 26, 2024 · Title page of Douglass’ autobiography, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.” In early October, Frederick delivered his first recorded speech in Lynn, a city which would become his family’s second home in the Bay State.
4 days ago · Others, like Eric Murphy visiting from Ireland, joined the reading after stumbling upon it. “I was walking through this park and I saw the name ‘Frederick Douglass’ and that resonated with me,” he said, recalling a quote from Douglass that compared the plight of the Irish immigrant to that of the enslaved people in the United States.
Jun 26, 2024 · Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave was an instant success, selling five thousand copies in its first four months of publication. It especially appealed to both Americans and Europeans opposed to slavery.
