Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass : An American Slave and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

by Douglass, Frederick

• ISBN13: 9780743487771
• ISBN10: 074348777X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-01
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Summary

ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATEDBY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIPFrederick Douglass's powerful autobiographical account of life in bondage and his triumphant escape to freedom.EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives readers important background information A chronology of the author's life and work A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations Detailed explanatory notes Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experienceEnriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON

Author Biography

Frederick Douglass was born into a family of slavery in early America. Douglass attributes his road to freedom as beginning with his being sent from the Maryland plantation of his birth to live in Baltimore as a young boy. There, he learned to read and, more importantly, learned the power of literacy. In early adolescence, he was returned to farm work, suffered abuse at the hands of cruel overseers, and witnessed abuse visited on fellow slaves. He shared his knowledge of reading with a secret "Sunday school" of 40 fellow slaves during his last years of bondage. In his early 20's, he ran away to the North and found refuge among New England abolitionists.

Table of Contents

Note	p. iii
Preface	p. vii
Letter from Wendell Phillips, Esq	p. xv
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Appendix	p. 71
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