FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AN AMERICAN SLAVE – Astounding Life of One Incredible Man (3 Autobiographies in One Volume)
Three Autobiographies of Slavery and FreedomBy Frederick Douglass
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Frederick Douglass, an American Slave—Astounding Life of One Incredible Man gathers three autobiographical accounts that trace Douglass's transformation from enslaved child to nationally influential abolitionist, orator, editor, and statesman. Read together, the narratives reveal both continuity and development in his self-representation: the early Narrative offers a forceful, eyewitness indictment of slavery; My Bondage and My Freedom expands the account into a mature meditation on identity, education, resistance, and emancipation; and Life and Times places his personal journey within the broader history of abolition, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and American citizenship. Combining documentary precision, dramatic pacing, biblical resonance, and the eloquence of classical oratory, these works belong to the central tradition of nineteenth-century slave narratives while also anticipating modern memoir and political autobiography. Born into slavery in Maryland, Douglass learned to read in defiance of the laws and social order designed to keep enslaved people powerless. His escape to the North, association with abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison, and subsequent public career compelled him to articulate slavery's violence before audiences that often denied Black humanity and intellectual capacity. The successive autobiographies reflect changing political circumstances and Douglass's continuing effort to control his own story. This volume is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand slavery through an authoritative firsthand voice, as well as the making of modern American democracy. It rewards historical study and literary attention alike, offering a powerful account of self-education, moral courage, and the struggle for freedom.
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GenreBiography and Memoir
Length43 hrs 3 mins
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Publish dateJan 16, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Collected Works (Annotated)
2Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself (1845)
3PREFACE
4LETTER FROM WENDELL PHILLIPS, ESQ.
5CHAPTER I
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6CHAPTER II
7CHAPTER III
8CHAPTER IV
9CHAPTER V
10CHAPTER VI
11CHAPTER VII
12CHAPTER VIII
13CHAPTER IX
14CHAPTER X
15CHAPTER XI
16APPENDIX
17My Bondage and My Freedom (1855)
18INTRODUCTION
19CHAPTER I. Childhood
20CHAPTER II. Removed from My First Home
21CHAPTER III. Parentage
22CHAPTER IV. A General Survey of the Slave Plantation
23CHAPTER V. Gradual Initiation to the Mysteries of Slavery
24CHAPTER VI. Treatment of Slaves on Lloyd’s Plantation
25CHAPTER VII. Life in the Great House
26CHAPTER VIII. A Chapter of Horrors
27CHAPTER IX. Personal Treatment
28CHAPTER X. Life in Baltimore
29CHAPTER XI. “A Change Came O’er the Spirit of My Dream”
30CHAPTER XII. Religious Nature Awakened
31CHAPTER XIII. The Vicissitudes of Slave Life
32CHAPTER XIV. Experience in St. Michael’s
33CHAPTER XV. Covey, the Negro Breaker
34CHAPTER XVI. Another Pressure of the Tyrant’s Vice
35CHAPTER XVII. The Last Flogging
36CHAPTER XVIII. New Relations and Duties
37CHAPTER XIX. The Run-Away Plot
38CHAPTER XX. Apprenticeship Life
39CHAPTER XXI. My Escape from Slavery
40CHAPTER XXII. Liberty Attained
41CHAPTER XXIII. Introduced to the Abolitionists
42CHAPTER XXIV. Twenty-One Months in Great Britain
43CHAPTER XXV. Various Incidents
44RECEPTION SPEECH
45Dr. Campbell’s Reply
46LETTER TO HIS OLD MASTER To My Old Master, Thomas Auld
47THE NATURE OF SLAVERY
48INHUMANITY OF SLAVERY
49WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE FOURTH OF JULY?
50THE INTERNAL SLAVE TRADE
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