Synopses & Reviews
An updated edition of a classic African American autobiography, with new supplementary materials The preeminent American slave narrative first published in 1845, Frederick Douglasss Narrative powerfully details the life of the abolitionist from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838, how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and driver, how he learned to read and write, and how he grew into a man who could only live free or die. In addition to Douglasss classic autobiography, this new edition also includes his most famous speech What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” and his only known work of fiction, The Heroic Slave, which was written, in part, as a response to Harriet Beecher Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin.
Synopsis
An updated edition of a classic African American autobiography, with new supplementary materials The preeminent American slave narrative first published in 1845, Frederick Douglasss Narrative powerfully details the life of the abolitionist from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838, how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and driver, how he learned to read and write, and how he grew into a man who could only live free or die. In addition to Douglasss classic autobiography, this new edition also includes his most famous speech What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” and his only known work of fiction, The Heroic Slave, which was written, in part, as a response to Harriet Beecher Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin.
About the Author
Frederick Douglass (18181895) was an antislavery lecturer, a journalist, a writer and publisher, and the bestselling author of
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, followed by
My Bondage and My Freedom, and
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. Ira Dworkin is the associate director of the Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research and Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature at The American University in Cairo.
Table of Contents
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Introduction by Houston A. Baker, Jr.
Suggestions for Further Reading
A Note on the Text
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave