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Hace 5 días · His first autobiography, "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave," published in 1845, provided a vivid and harrowing account of his life in bondage. The book was an instant success, selling over 30,000 copies in its first five years and fueling the growing anti-slavery sentiment in the North.[^3]
Hace 19 horas · Frederick Douglass, born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey in February 1818, was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, renowned for his oratorical and incisive antislavery writings.
Hace 3 días · Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave was his first autobiography, published in 1845. My Bondage and My Freedom was published in 1855. The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass went into a second printing.
Hace 3 días · His autobiography, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave,” published in 1845, laid bare the horrors of slavery and highlighted his journey from bondage to freedom. The narrative not only exposed the brutal realities of slavery but also demonstrated the potential of slaves to achieve intellectual and ...
Hace 2 días · In the story of Frederick Douglass, Douglass created his work through a combination of personal motivation and wisdom. His initial motivation was to expose the dangers of slavery and advocate for its abolitionas he recounts, "The more I read, the more I was led to abhor and detest my enslavers" (Douglass, p. 488).
Hace 2 días · 1. William Street – There are two connections with Douglass here, if indirect. S. William Street today. #13 is the Dutch-inspired building on the far left, constructed after the time of Douglass ...
Hace 5 días · The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought light and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.
