Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
An Abolitionist Autobiography of Enslavement, Escape, Emancipation, and the Struggle for Black CitizenshipBy Frederick Douglass
Length24h 48m
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Frederick Douglass's Life and Times is the fullest of his autobiographical narratives, extending the antislavery testimony of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass into an account of emancipation, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and his later public career. Combining personal recollection, political history, documentary detail, and moral reflection, the book moves between vivid scenes of enslavement and broad analyses of American democracy. Its eloquent, controlled prose joins the conventions of the slave narrative with the authority of Victorian autobiography and the argumentative force of abolitionist literature. Douglass presents literacy, self-education, and public speech not merely as episodes in a personal triumph but as instruments in the struggle against racial domination and national hypocrisy. Born into slavery in Maryland, Douglass escaped in 1838 and became one of the nineteenth century's most influential abolitionists, orators, editors, and statesmen. His experiences with violence, forced labor, clandestine education, and the precarious achievement of freedom shaped his insistence that formerly enslaved people must speak for themselves. His relationships with abolitionist movements, Abraham Lincoln, and postwar reform causes also inform the book's expansive political perspective. This volume is essential for readers seeking both a compelling life story and a sophisticated primary source on American slavery and its aftermath. It rewards literary readers, historians, and students of African American intellectual history alike, while inviting reflection on freedom, citizenship, memory, and the unfinished promises of emancipation.
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GenreBiography and Memoir
Length24 hrs 48 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 14, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Abraham Lincoln (Annotated)
2INTRODUCTION
3FIRST PART
4CHAPTER I. AUTHOR'S BIRTH
5CHAPTER II. REMOVAL FROM GRANDMOTHER'S
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6CHAPTER III. TROUBLES OF CHILDHOOD
7CHAPTER IV. A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE SLAVE PLANTATION
8CHAPTER V. A SLAVEHOLDER'S CHARACTER
9CHAPTER VI. A CHILD'S REASONING
10CHAPTER VII. LUXURIES AT THE GREAT HOUSE
11CHAPTER VIII. CHARACTERISTICS OF OVERSEERS
12CHAPTER IX. CHANGE OF LOCATION
13CHAPTER X. LEARNING TO READ
14CHAPTER XI. GROWING IN KNOWLEDGE
15CHAPTER XII. RELIGIOUS NATURE AWAKENED
16CHAPTER XIII. THE VICISSITUDES OF SLAVE LIFE
17CHAPTER XIV. EXPERIENCE IN ST. MICHAELS
18CHAPTER XV. COVEY, THE NEGRO BREAKER
19CHAPTER XVI. ANOTHER PRESSURE OF THE TYRANT'S VISE
20CHAPTER XVII. THE LAST FLOGGING
21CHAPTER XVIII. NEW RELATIONS AND DUTIES
22CHAPTER XIX. THE RUNAWAY PLOT
23CHAPTER XX
24CHAPTER XXI. ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY
25SECOND PART
26CHAPTER I. ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY
27CHAPTER II. LIFE AS A FREEMAN
28CHAPTER III. INTRODUCED TO THE ABOLITIONISTS
29CHAPTER IV. RECOLLECTIONS OF OLD FRIENDS
30CHAPTER V. ONE HUNDRED CONVENTIONS
31CHAPTER VI. IMPRESSIONS ABROAD
32CHAPTER VII. TRIUMPHS AND TRIALS
33CHAPTER VIII. JOHN BROWN AND MRS. STOWE
34CHAPTER IX. INCREASING DEMANDS OF THE SLAVE POWER
35CHAPTER X. THE BEGINNING OF THE END
36CHAPTER XI. SECESSION AND WAR
37CHAPTER XII. HOPE FOR THE NATION
38CHAPTER XIII. VAST CHANGES
39CHAPTER XIV. LIVING AND LEARNING
40CHAPTER XV. WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE
41CHAPTER XVI. "TIME MAKES ALL THINGS EVEN"
42CHAPTER XVII. INCIDENTS AND EVENTS
43CHAPTER XVIII. "HONOR TO WHOM HONOR"
44CHAPTER XIX. RETROSPECTION
45APPENDIX
46THIRD PART
47CHAPTER I. LATER LIFE
48CHAPTER II. A GRAND OCCASION
49CHAPTER III. DOUBTS AS TO GARFIELD'S COURSE
50CHAPTER IV. RECORDER OF DEEDS
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