Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave, written by himself [electronic resource] / John R. McKivigan, Peter P. Hinks, Heather L. Kaufman, editors ; Gerald L. Fulkerson, textual editor ; Rebecca A. Pattillo, assistant editor ; Kate Burzlaff, Alex Smith, and Andrew Willey, research assistants.

Ideal for coursework in American and African American history, this revised edition of Frederick Douglass's memoir of his life as a slave in pre-Civil War Maryland incorporates a wide range of supplemental materials to enhance students' understanding of slavery, abolitionism, and the role of race in...

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Main Author: Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 (Author)
Other Authors: McKivigan, John R., 1949- (Editor)
Hinks, Peter P. (Editor)
Kaufman, Heather L., 1969- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2016.
Edition:Critical edition.
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Variant Title:
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave: Written by Himself, Critical Edition
Format: Electronic eBook
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Ideal for coursework in American and African American history, this revised edition of Frederick Douglass's memoir of his life as a slave in pre-Civil War Maryland incorporates a wide range of supplemental materials to enhance students' understanding of slavery, abolitionism, and the role of race in American society. Offering readers a new appreciation of Douglass's world, it includes documents relating to the slave narrative genre and to the later career of an essential figure in the nineteenth-century abolition movement.
Note:"First edition 2001."
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index.
ISBN:9780300225297 (online)