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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass

1845 · Memoir

Open Library OL69178W

Douglass describes enslavement in Maryland, the fight to read, and his escape. He published the Narrative to answer readers who claimed no one in bondage could have written it.

About the author

Douglass’s Narrative is an autobiography of enslavement and escape, written to make Northern readers unable to treat the facts as rumor. The voice is controlled, and the argument is public. More of this shelf for Frederick Douglass.

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