The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave by Frederick Douglass, Robert G. O'Meally

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave

The Autobiographies #1

Frederick Douglass, Robert G. O'Meally

160 pages first pub 1845 (editions)

nonfiction biography classics history reflective slow-paced

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Born a slave in 1818 on a plantation in Maryland, Douglass taught himself to read and write. In 1845, seven years after escaping to the North, he published Narrative, the first of three autobiographies. This book calmly but dramatically recounts t...

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