Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time

by Frederick Douglass, George L Ruffin (Introduction)

Overview

LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS. Written by himself, his early life as a slave and his escape from bondage. Also his connection with the Underground Railroad and covers his relations with John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781582183671
Publisher:	Digital Scanning, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/01/2001
Pages:	628
Sales rank:	494,515
Product dimensions:	6.36(w) x 9.28(h) x 1.82(d)

About the Author

Frederick Douglass was a prominent American author, abolitionist, and public speaker. Born into slavery in 1818, he escaped on a train and headed north to Maryland, Philadelphia, and eventually New York City, where he took refuge and became a famous orator and abolitionist. Douglass recounted the struggles he faced as a slave through multiple narratives, most notably his autobiography, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. The book became an instant bestseller, despite its initial opposition and skeptical reception. His other famous books include My Bondage and My Freedom and Life and Times of Frederick Douglass.

Hometown:

Tuckahoe, Maryland

Date of Birth:

1818

Date of Death:

February 20, 1895

Place of Death:

Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

	Introduction [to the 1892 Edition]	3
Part 1
1	Author's Birth	11
2	Removal from Grandmother's	13
3	Troubles of Childhood	16
4	A General Survey of the Slave Plantation	18
5	A Slaveholder's Character	25
6	A Child's Reasoning	28
7	Luxuries at the Great House	34
8	Characteristics of Overseers	39
9	Change of Location	43
10	Learning to Read	47
11	Growing in Knowledge	50
12	Religious Nature Awakened	56
13	The Vicissitudes of Slave Life	60
14	Experience in St. Michaels	66
15	Covey, the Negro Breaker	75
16	Another Pressure of the Tyrant's Vise	84
17	The Last Flogging	90
18	New Relations and Duties	98
19	The Runaway Plot	105
20	Apprenticeship Life	122
21	Escape from Slavery	130
Part 2
1	Escape from Slavery	137
2	Life as a Freeman	141
3	Introduced to the Abolitionists	151
4	Recollections of Old Friends	154
5	One Hundred Conventions	159
6	Impressions Abroad	164
7	Triumphs and Trials	184
8	John Brown and Mrs. Stowe	193
9	Increasing Demands of the Slave Power	209
10	The Beginning of the End	225
11	Secession and War	240
12	Hope for the Nation	253
13	Vast Changes	270
14	Living and Learning	290
15	Weighed in the Balance	296
16	"Time Makes All Things Even"	320
17	Incidents and Events	330
18	"Honor to Whom Honor"	340
19	Retrospection	346
	Appendix	351
Part 3
1	Later Life	375
2	A Grand Occasion	379
3	Doubts as to Garfield's Course	383
4	Recorder of Deeds	386
5	President Cleveland's Administration	390
6	The Supreme Court Decision	395
7	Defeat of James G. Blaine	405
8	European Tour	407
9	Continuation of European Tour	411
10	The Campaign of 1888	434
11	Administration of President Harrison	437
12	Minister to Haiti	439
13	Continued Negotiations for the Mole St. Nicolas	446
	Annotated Bibliography	455
	Index	458