The life and times of Frederick Douglass
(Book)
American icon Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) - editor, orator, author, statesman, and reformer-told his life story three times. First, in 1845's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, he felt it necessary to explain how a man born in chains could rise to national prominence and respect. In 1855, with My Bondage and My Freedom, he expanded upon his story with a more in-depth and even more thoughtful exploration of his life as a slave and his journey to escape it. (Both astonishing - and essential - books are also available from Cosimo.) His third autobiography, The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass - first published in 1881 and presented here in the thoroughly revised 1892 edition - is his most reflective, offering the perspective of a man at the end of a long life well lived. Douglass retells the story of his childhood and escape from slavery, offering details that he could not previously reveal, with friends, family, and other innocents still in the thrall of slavemasters. Now, though, with the Civil War and Emancipation well behind the nation, Douglass can also offer more provocative analyses of his own battle for personal freedom and his fight for the very soul of the nation. This classic of African-American literature and of 19th-century American history is a must-read for anyone wishing to consider himself well-read.
Notes
Douglass, F. (2008). The life and times of Frederick Douglass. New York, Cosimo Classics.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. 2008. The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. New York, Cosimo Classics.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895, The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. New York, Cosimo Classics, 2008.
MLA Citation (style guide)Douglass, Frederick. The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. New York, Cosimo Classics, 2008.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction [to the 1892 Edition] -- First Part. -- Author's birth -- Removal from Grandmother's -- Troubles of childhood -- A general survey of the slave plantation -- A slaveholder's character -- A child's reasoning -- Luxuries at the Great House -- Characteristics of overseers -- Change of location -- Learning to read -- Growing in knowledge -- Religious nature awakened -- The vicissitudes of slave life -- Experience in St. Michaels -- Covey, the Negro Breaker -- Another pressure of the tyrant's vise -- The last flogging -- New relations and duties -- The runaway plot -- Apprenticeship life -- Escape from slavery -- Second Part. -- Escape from slavery -- Life as a freeman -- Introduction to the abolitionists -- Recollections of old friends -- One hundred conventions -- Impressions abroad -- Triumphs and trials -- John Brown and Mrs. Stowe -- Increasing demand for slave power -- The beginning of the end -- Secession and war -- Hope for the nation -- Vast changes -- Living and learning -- Weighed in the balance -- "Time makes all things even" -- Incidents and events -- "Honor to whom honor" -- Retrospection -- Appendix -- Third Part. -- Later life -- A grand occasion -- Doubts as to Garfield's course -- Recorder of deeds -- President Cleveland's administration -- The Supreme Court decision -- Defeat of James G. Blaine -- European tour -- Continuation of European tour -- The campaign of 1888 -- Administration of President Harrison -- Minister to Haiti -- Continued negotiations for the Môle St. Nicholas -- Annotated bibiography. | |
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