Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Special Bicentennial Edition - Softcover

Douglass, Frederick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1722500395 ISBN 13: 9781722500399

Publisher: G&D Media, 2019

Synopsis

This classic of American literature, a dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave, was first published in 1845, when its author had just achieved his freedom. Its shocking first-hand account of the horrors of slavery became an international best seller. His eloquence led Frederick Douglass to become the first great African-American leader in the United States.
This special bicentennial re-release of the original edition includes the “Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission Act’’ enacted by Congress in 2017:
· Douglass rose through determination, brilliance and eloquence to shape the American Nation.  
· He was an abolitionist, human rights and women’s rights activist, orator, author, journalist, publisher and social reformer.  
· His personal relationship with Abraham Lincoln helped persuade the President to make emancipation a cause of the Civil War.

About this title

About the Author:

Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was an American social reformer, orator, author, and statesman. David W. Blight is professor of American history at Yale University and director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition.

Review:

“...A lifetime of struggle and progress and enlightenment...etched in Frederick Douglass’ mighty leonine gaze.” (PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA)

“He wrote so many words that will last forever. His literary genius ranks with many of America’s greatest writers of the 19th century...” (PROFESSOR DAVID BLIGHT)

About this edition

• Publisher: G&D Media
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1722500395
• ISBN 13: 9781722500399
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180