Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass : An American Slave,9780393969665

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass : An American Slave

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ISBN13: 9780393969665
ISBN10: 0393969665
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-12-17
Publisher(s): W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary

Upon its publication in 1845, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself became an immediate best-seller.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
The Text of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself 12(71)
Preface by William Lloyd Garrison
Letter from Wendell Phillips
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Contexts 83(50)
Margaret Fuller . [Review of the Narrative](New York Tribune, June 10, 1845)
83(2)
Anonymous . [Review of the Narrative](Spectator, November 29, 1845)
85(3)
A. C. C. Thompson . [Letter from a Former Slaveholder] (Liberator, December 12, 1845)
88(3)
Frederick Douglass . [Reply to Thompson's Letter] (Liberator, February 27, 1846)
91(5)
. Preface to the Second Dublin Edition of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1846)
96(2)
Douglass on His Mother and His Father (1845, 1855, 1892)
98(6)
Douglass on His Escape from Slavery (1882>
104(7)
. I Am Here to Spread Light on American Slavery (October 14, 1845)
111(5)
. What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (July 5, 1852)
116(11)
James Monroe Gregory . From Frederick Douglass, the Orator (1893)
127(3)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton . [Diary Entry on Douglass's Death] (February 21, 1895)
130(3)
Criticism 133(52)
William S. McFeely . [The Writing of the Narrative]
133(2)
Peter Ripley . The Autobiographical Writings of Frederick Douglass
135(11)
Robert B. Stepto . Narration, Authentication, and Authorial Control in Frederick Douglass' Narrative of 1845
146(11)
William L. Andrews . [Frederick Douglass and the American Jeremaid]
157(9)
Houston A. Baker, Jr. . [The Economics of Douglass's Narrative]
166(66)
Deborah E. McDowell . In the First Place: Making Frederick Douglass and the Afro-American Narrative Tradition
172(13)
Frederick Douglass: A Chronology 185(2)
Selected Bibliography 187

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