Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
by Frederick Douglass · 1845
Biography & Memoir · ranked #13 in category
Frederick Douglass's account of his life in slavery — learning to read despite prohibition, the brutal violence of the system, and his eventual escape. Written to prove that he had indeed been enslaved (some doubted his account given his eloquence), the Narrative is one of the foundational texts of American literature and abolitionism.
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- 1845 · 1840s
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- Frederick Douglass
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