Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave, written by himself

The Resource Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave, written by himself

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Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave, written by himself

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John R. McKivigan, Peter P. Hinks, Heather L. Kaufman, editors ; Gerald L. Fulkerson, textual editor ; Rebecca A. Pattillo, assistant editor ; Kate Burzlaff, Alex Smith, and Andrew Willey, research assistants

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Ideal for coursework in American and African American history, this revised edition of Frederick Douglass's memoir of his life as a slave in pre-Civil War Maryland incorporates a wide range of supplemental materials to enhance students' understanding of slavery, abolitionism, and the role of race in American society. Offering readers a new appreciation of Douglass's world, it includes documents relating to the slave narrative genre and to the later career of an essential figure in the nineteenth-century abolition movement

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autobiography

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YDX

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973.8092

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index present

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non fiction

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bibliography

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