Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave /
A new edition of one of the most influential literary documents in American and African American history 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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
2016.
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| Edition: | Critical edition. |
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| Summary: | A new edition of one of the most influential literary documents in American and African American history 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (262 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300225297 0300225296 |