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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Third Edition©2017 David W. Blight
ISBN:9781319049966
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Insights into the storied life and writings of Frederick Douglass.
In this revised edition, David Blight has tightened and revised the introduction to reflect new insights gained in writing a new biography of Douglass, particularly on how much Douglass modeled his writing on Biblical rhetoric and stories and the abolitionist’s appearance as a character in many works of contemporary fiction. Part Three features selected reviews of Douglass’s writings along with his own letters and speeches, with substantial explanatory headnotes. This volume also features updated versions of student aids from prior editions, such as the chronology of Frederick Douglass’s life, questions for consideration, illustrations, selected bibliography, and index.
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Preface
Illustrations
Introduction: “A Psalm of Freedom”
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself
Preface by William Lloyd Garrison, May 1, 1845
Letter from Wendell Phillips, Esq., April 22, 1845
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Appendix
Related Documents*1. Caleb Bingham, *Dialogue between a Master and a Slave,
1797
2. Margaret Fuller, Review of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,
an American Slave, June 10, 1845
3. Ephraim Peabody, Narratives of Fugitives Slaves, July 1849
4. Nathaniel P. Rogers, Southern Slavery and Northern Religion: Two
Addresses, February 11, 1844
5. Frederick Douglass, My Slave Experience in Maryland, May 6, 1845
6. Frederick Douglass, Letter to William Lloyd Garrison, September 1, 1845
7. Frederick Douglass, What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? July 5,
1852
A Frederick Douglass Chronology (1818-1895)
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography
David W. Blight
David W. Blight is Class of 1954 Professor of American History and Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery and Abolition at Yale University. He previously taught at Amherst College and Harvard University, as well as seven years as a high school teacher in his hometown of Flint, Michigan. His books include an edition of Douglass’s second autobiography, My Bondage and My Freedom; American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era; Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory; the Bedford edition of W. E. B. DuBois’s The Souls of Black Folk with co-editor Robert Gooding-Williams; and Frederick Douglass’s Civil War: Keeping Faith in Jubilee. He is at work on a new
full life of Douglass.
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