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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Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
2016.
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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. |
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Note: | "First edition 2001." |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780300225297 (online) |