Douglass Frederick - Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass An American Slave - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Born on a Maryland plantation Frederick Douglass born Frederick Bailey doesn t know the year of his birth. Separated from his mother in infancy he sees her only a few times always at night before she dies. At the age of seven or eight Frederick's mistress begins teaching him to read until her furious husband forbids it. Frederick realizes then that reading is his path to freedom and he determines to run away to the northern United States whatever the cost. In addition to the original text this volume also includes 11 selected essays and speeches among them the famous What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (1852)
Title: Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass An American Slave
Author(s): Douglass Frederick
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Barcode: 9781435171930
Pages: 232 Pages
Publication Date: 9/13/2022
Series: Signature Editions
Category: Biography: General