Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American ...
Douglass, Frederick / Jacobs, Harriet / Appiah, Kwame Anthony This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition combines the two most important African American slave narratives into one volume.Frederick Douglass's Narrative, first published in 1845, is an enlightening and incendiary text. Born into slavery, Douglass became the preeminent spokesman for his people during his life, his narrative is an unparalleled account of the dehumanizing effects of slavery and Douglass's own triumph over it. Like Douglass...