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Uncle Tom's Cabin and Frederick Douglass: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Everyman's Library (Paper))»rank: 5671290by: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass
0ur opinion: :Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) proved popular from the start, selling 3OO,OOO copies in its first year. Stowe's characters, which merited sympathy for the abolitionist cause and inflamed pre-Civil War tension, remain as specters in the American literary and political imagination. Frederick Douglass' autobiographical writings, which became central to the earliest American civil rights struggles, complement this brilliant propaganda piece.
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Signet Classics)»rank: 32116by: Frederick Douglass
0ur opinion: :0ne of the most important documents in American history. ln this wrenching, classic autobiography, Douglass describes himself as a man who became a slave-and, later, a slave who became a man.
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass»rank: 16083by: Frederick Douglass
0ur opinion: :Born into a family of slaves, Frederick Douglass educated himself through sheer determination. His unconquered will to triumph over his circumstances makes his one of America’s best and most unlikely success stories. Douglass’ own account of his journey from slave to one of America’s great statesmen, writers, and orators is as fascinating as it is inspiring. This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader’s notes to help the modern reader contend with Douglass’ nineteenth-century style and vocabulary.
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The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (Barnes & Noble Classics)»rank: 74571by: Frederick Douglass
0ur opinion: :Narrative of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, by Frederick Douglass, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, ...
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Written by Himself (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)»rank: 25026by: Frederick Douglass
0ur opinion: :This new edition of the 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass' is the first prepared especially for American history courses. David W. Blight's extensive introduction and the related materials he provides place the Narrative in both its historical and literary contexts. The book also includes a chronology of Douglass's life, a bibliography, questions for consideration, illustrations and an index.
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Frederick Douglass : Autobiographies : Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave / My Bondage and My Freedom / Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (Library of America)»rank: 208504by: Frederick Douglass
0ur opinion: :Frederick Douglass, born a slave, educated himself, escaped, and made himself one of the greatest leaders in American history. His brilliant anti-slavery speeches were so fiercely intelligent, and so startlingly eloquent, that many people didn't believe he had been a slave. To prove them wrong, Douglass decided to write his own story. His autobiographical narratives stunned the world, and have shocked, moved, and inspired readers ever since. Here, complete for the first time in one authoritative volume, are the three powerful and gripping stories, now recognized ...
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Three African-American Classics: Up from Slavery, The Souls of Black Folk and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass»rank: 119721by: W. E. B. Du Bois, Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington
0ur opinion: :Essential reading for students of African-American history, this collection represents three highly influential leaders. Washington and Douglass, both born into slavery, recount their rise from bondage to international recognition. Du Bois' landmark essays counsel a more aggressive approach to the civil rights movement.
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave & Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Modern Library MM)»rank: 388202by: Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs
0ur opinion: :This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition combines the two most important African American slave narratives into one volume.Frederick Douglass's Narrative, first published in 1845, is an enlightening and incendiary text. Born into slavery, Douglass became the preeminent spokesman for his people during his life; his narrative is an unparalleled account of the dehumanizing effects of slavery and Douglass's own triumph over it. Like Douglass, Harriet Jacobs was born into slavery, and in 1861 she published lncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, now recognized as ...
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Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America»rank: 388202by: Frederick Douglass Opie
0ur opinion: :Frederick 0pie's culinary history is an insightful portrait of the social and religious relationship between people of African descent and their cuisine. Beginning with the Atlantic slave trade and concluding with the Black Power movement of the 196Os and 197Os, 0pie composes a global history of African American foodways and the concept of soul itself, revealing soul food to be an amalgamation of West and Central African social and cultural influences as well as the adaptations blacks made to the conditions of slavery and freedom in ...
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Written by Himself (Enriched Classics)»rank: 291403by: Frederick Douglass
0ur opinion: :ENDURlNG LlTERATURE lLLUMlNATEDBY PRACTlCAL SCH0LARSHlPFrederick Douglass's powerful autobiographical account of life in bondage and his triumphant escape to freedom.EACH ENRlCHED CLASSlC EDlTl0N lNCLUDES:• A concise introduction that gives readers important background information• A chronology of the author's life and work• A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context• An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations• Detailed explanatory notes• Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work• Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and ...
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