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Book: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Author: Frederick Douglass, 1817?–95 First published: 1845 The original book is in the public domain in the United States and in most, if not all, other countries as well. Readers outside the United States should check their own countries’
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field of " public usefulness, gave the world assurance of a MAN," quickened the slumbering energies of his soul, and consecrated him to the great work of break- ing the rod of the oppressor, and letting the oppressed go free ! shall never forget his first speech at the convention the extraordinary emotion it excited in my own mind the it powerful i...
; for should it be known, it might embarrass him greatly, though the crime of holding the school was committed ten years ago. I had at one time over forty scholars, and those of the right sort, ardently desiring to learn. They were of all ages, though mostly men and women. I look back to those Sundays with an amount of pleasure not to be expressed....
aunt : he belonged to my master's father-in-law, Mr. William Hamilton. The plan we concluded finally upon was, to get a large canoe belonging to Mr. Hamilton, and upon the Saturday to night previous Easter holidays, paddle di- rectly up the Chesapeake Bay. On our arrival at the head of the bay, a distance of seventy or miles eighty from where lived...
all the benefits of slaveholding without its evils ; while I endured all the evils of a slave, and suffered all the care and anxiety of a freeman. I found it a hard bar- But, hard as gain. it was, I thought it better than the old mode of getting along. It was a step towards freedom. to be allowed to bear the of a responsibilities freeman, and I was...
Jan 12, 2006 · Download or read online the classic autobiography of Frederick Douglass, a former slave and abolitionist leader. Choose from various formats, including EPUB, Kindle, and plain text.
- Frederick Douglass
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Nov 20, 2006 · Download or stream the 1849 edition of Douglass's autobiography, published by the Anti-Slavery Office in Boston. The book includes a preface by William Lloyd Garrison, a prominent abolitionist leader.
Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Written by Himself Boston: Published at the Anti-Slavery Office, 1845 Exerpt from Chapter VI … Very soon after I went to live with Mr. and Mrs. Auld, she very kindly commenced to teach me the A, B, C.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. CHAPTER 1. Chapter I. I was born in Tuckahoe, near Hillsborough, and about twelve miles from Eas-ton, in Talbot county, Maryland. I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it.
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Book/Printed Material Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave.
