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"Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe."Douglass cultivated himself to such an extent that the listeners of his lectures doubted if his narratives were true. His autobiography is both a compelling tale of a slave and a contribution to the public discourse on slavery. His language is poetic and precise honed in its simplicity as if something artificially put together but immensely natural at the same time. Opening this book is opening the door into Douglass's consciousness and tracking his inner journey of finding himself in the world: a story of his childhood and youth - a long and laborious path to freedom. Douglass talks about the explicit punishments and tortures that slaves were exposed to. Despite the suffering, he emphasises the power of self-education and continuous resistance that pushes one to fight their predicament. The publication of this book was such an unprecedented event that the author had to leave the US for Europe for about two years. The fact that Douglass's experience and meditations were issued in print gave him a wider audience, not restricting dissemination of his beliefs to those who could physically come to his public speeches.

My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative, discussing the transition from bondage to liberty. Following this liberation, Frederick Douglass went on to become a prominent abolitionist, speaker, author, and publisher.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: 176th Anniversary Edition (Illustrated)#1 OF THE TOP 10 BOOK OF ALL TIME - the story that moved millions and millions of readers with stark, naked stories of slavery as experienced by Frederick Douglass. Now you too can better understand the importance of equal rights from one of the most important books in human history.___________________________________________________________________________________¿ 176th Anniversary Edition ¿¿ this is the original version by Frederick douglass with the addition of illustrated images to better explain the meaning of this book.ABOUT THE AUTHORFrederick Douglass was the most important African American of the nineteenth century and one of the most significant writers and orators in American history.Douglass was born a slave and escaped at the age of twenty.He was Fortunate to have learned to read as a boy, and he would develop this skill forbidden to slaves to become one of the great writers of his era, in addition to becoming the most celebrated orator of the abolition movement.Over his lifetime he wrote three versions of his autobiography, all pf which are classics of the slave narrative and of American memoir.This former slave met with Lincoln in the White House and rejoiced in the victory of emancipation.He saw the promise of Reconstruction sashed by the resistance of former slaveholders and their allies, and he fought this betrayal as ferociously as he had fought slavery itself. As a lecturer he likely reached more listeners than any American of his century, and he lived with a modern dilemma of fame like few others of his era.Would you like to know more?Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass includes eleven chapters chronicling Douglass' life as a slave and his ambition to become a free man.Scroll up and click the "Add to Cart" button to receive your copy now.

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At a meeting of the Rochester Ladies¿ Anti-Slavery Society on July 5th, 1852, Frederick Douglass, a writer and orator who escaped from slavery, gave a speech that would go down in history. What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? is an impassioned cry for freedom, exposing the emptiness of democratic ideals in a nation built by slaves.

The Heroic Slave (1852) is a novella by Frederick Douglass. Although he is more frequently recognized as prominent orator and autobiographer who spearheaded the American abolitionist movement, Douglass published one work of fiction in his lifetime. Inspired by the 1841 Creole case, in which an enslaved cook and a crew of nineteen fellow-slaves led a rebellion onboard a ship bound from Virginia to New Orleans, The Heroic Slave seeks to highlight the bravery and autonomy of fugitives and revolutionaries who did what they could to help themselves in the absence of help from their country. Sitting down for dinner, Mr. Listwell, a white southerner, is interrupted by a knock at the door. He opens it to find Madison Washington, a fugitive slave who disappeared without a trace five years prior. Hesitant at first, Listwell agrees to hear the man out, and learns that rather than escape to the north, Washington remained behind to be near his wife and children, hiding in the wilderness the whole time. Moved by his tragic story, Listwell provides him clothes and supplies, and encourages him to head for Canada. Sometime later, he sees a slave gang headed for market, and identifies Washington in chains. Before they part ways once more, perhaps forever, Listwell purchases a set of files and manages to get them to Washington, who remains determined to fight for his freedom until the bitter end. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Frederick Douglass¿ The Heroic Slave is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.

My Bondage and My Freedom, by escaped slave Frederick Douglass, is a classic that should be mandatory reading for every high school student. The lessons tucked within its pages, which are honest and deep, reveal the harrowing, brutal and heart-breaking nature of slvery.A slave for the first two decades of his life, Frederick Douglass escaped the horrors of that institution through a combination of determination, luck and (most likely) divine intervention. After his escape, Douglass dedicated the rest of his life to helping with the abolition movement as he spoke throughout Britain and the U.S. against the institution of slavery.Some of the most powerful parts of this book are the records of the speeches Douglass made to the British Parliament. Speaking to Parliament members, Douglass laid out his case as to why slavery should be obliterated from the earth. The stories Douglass told, and the things he said, are nothing short of shocking-even today. The saddest part is that everything he said was true.