Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Written by Himself

by Frederick Douglass

Overview

No book more vividly explains the horror of American slavery and the emotional impetus behind the antislavery movement than Frederick Douglass’s Narrative. In an introductory essay, Robert B. Stepto reexamines the extraordinary life and achievement of a man who escaped from slavery to become a leading abolitionist and one of our most important writers. The John Harvard Library text reproduces the first edition, published in Boston in 1845.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780743487771
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster
Publication date:	11/01/2004
Series:	Enriched Classics
Edition description:	Enriched Classic
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	4.19(w) x 6.75(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	550L (what's this?)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Robert B. Stepto is Professor of English, African American Studies, and American Studies at Yale University. He is the author of From Behind the Veil: A Study of Afro-American Narrative.

Hometown:

Tuckahoe, Maryland

Date of Birth:

1818

Date of Death:

February 20, 1895

Place of Death:

Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

• Introduction: Frederick Douglass Writes His Story by Robert B. Stepto
• Note on the Text
• Chronology of Frederick Douglass’s Life
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
  • Preface by William Lloyd Garrison (May 1, 1845)
  • Letter from Wendell Phillips, Esq. (April 22, 1845)
  • Chapters 1–11
  • Appendix (April 28, 1845)
  
  
  
  
• Selected Bibliography