Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave An Antebellum Memoir of Enslavement, Literacy, Self-Emancipation, and Freedom
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Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
19.11.2023
Verlag
Sharp InkSeitenzahl
68
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/0,5 cm
Gewicht
114 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-80-283-3301-0
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave is a foundational text of American autobiography and abolitionist literature. Published in 1845, it recounts Douglass's passage from bondage in Maryland to self-emancipation, exposing slavery's physical violence, psychological coercion, and calculated denial of literacy. Its prose is lucid, controlled, and morally forceful, combining personal testimony with political argument in the tradition of slave narratives designed to refute pro-slavery ideology. Frederick Douglass wrote from the authority of lived experience and from his emergence as one of the nineteenth century's most powerful orators. Born enslaved around 1818, separated from his mother, and denied formal education, he transformed literacy into an instrument of liberation. His work with abolitionist circles in the North encouraged him to publish this narrative, partly to authenticate his speeches and partly to make slavery's realities undeniable to skeptical readers. This book is essential for readers interested in American history, rhetoric, political thought, and the literature of freedom. It is brief yet profound, offering not only a record of oppression but also a study of self-making, resistance, and moral courage. Douglass's narrative remains indispensable because it demands that freedom be understood as both a personal achievement and a collective obligation.
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