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Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass

AN AMERICAN SLAVE. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF

frederick Doouglass (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

152 Seiten

2024 | 24001 A. 1
Bookmundo (Verlag)
978-94-037-4426-1 (ISBN)

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (in English, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave) is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by the African-American orator and former slave Frederick Douglass, during his stay in Lynn, Massachusetts. It is generally considered the most famous of a number of accounts written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered one of the most influential works of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early nineteenth century in the United States. Publication history The account of the life of Frederick Douglass was published on May 1, 1845, and within four months of this publication five thousand copies were sold. In 1860, nearly 30,000 copies were sold. The story propelled Douglass to the forefront of the anti-slavery movement. According to a comparative analysis of the same type of narrative, a "large part of its effectiveness was due to the superior technique with which Douglass told his story. Sinister reports about the evils of slavery were numerous. Douglass's narrative was exceptional in the degree

PREFACEIn the month of August, 1841, I attended an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket, at which it was my happiness to become acquainted with Frederick Douglass, the writer of the following Narrative. He was a stranger to nearly every member of that body; but, having recently made his escape from the southern prison-house of bondage, and feeling his curiosity excited to ascertain the principles and measures of the abolitionists,-of whom he had heard a somewhat vague description while he was a slave,-he was induced to give his attendance, on the occasion alluded to, though at that time a resident in New Bedford.Fortunate, most fortunate occurrence!-fortunate for the millions of his manacled brethren, yet panting for deliverance from their awful thraldom!-fortunate for the cause of negro emancipation, and of universal liberty!-fortunate for the land of his birth, which he has already done so much to save and bless!-fortunate for a large circle of friends and acquaintances,..

Erscheinungsdatum	25.06.2024
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	230 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	94-037-4426-X / 940374426X
ISBN-13	978-94-037-4426-1 / 9789403744261
Zustand	Neuware