Douglass, Frederick 1818-1895

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass ( Book )
232 editions published between 1843 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 4,092 libraries worldwide
An autobiographical account of a childhood and youth spent in slavery by a man who became a great abolitionist and leader of anti-slavery activity.

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave by Frederick Douglass ( Book )
349 editions published between 1845 and 2010 in 10 languages and held by 3,764 libraries worldwide
This dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave was first published in 1845, when its young author had just achieved his freedom. Douglass' eloquence gives a clear indication of the powerful principles that led him to become the first great African-American leader in the United States. The personal account of a fugitive slave's privation and sufferings and his campaigns for Negro emancipation. This dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave was first published in 1845, when its young author had just achieved his freedom. Douglass' eloquence gives a clear indication of the powerful principles that led him to become the first great Afro-American leader in the United States.

My bondage and my freedom by Frederick Douglass ( Book )
194 editions published between 1840 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 2,970 libraries worldwide
Autobiography of the nineteenth-century abolitionist who advocated the full freedom of the blacks.

Autobiographies : Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave ; My bondage and my freedom ; Life and times of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass ( Book )
31 editions published between 1994 and 2006 in English and held by 2,925 libraries worldwide
"Born a slave, Frederick Douglass educated himself, escaped, and made himself one of the greatest leaders in American history. His three autobiographical narratives, collected here in one volume, are now recognized as classics of both American history and American literature. Writing with the eloquence and fierce intelligence that made him a brilliantly effective spokesman for abolition and equal rights, Douglass shapes an inspiring vision of self-realization in the face of monumental odds. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave (1845), published seven years after his escape, was written in part as a response to skeptics who refused to believe that so articulate an orator could ever have been a slave. A powerfully compressed account of the cruelty and oppression of the Maryland plantation culture into which Douglass was born, it brought him to the forefront of the anti-slavery movement and drew thousands, black and white, to the cause." "In My Bondage and My Freedom (1855), written after he had established himself as a newspaper editor, Douglass expands the account of his slavery years. With astonishing psychological penetration, he probes the painful ambiguities and subtly corrosive effects of black-white relations under slavery; and goes on to account his determined resistance to segregation in the North. The book also incorporates extracts from Douglass' renowned speeches, including the searing "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?""

Life and times of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass ( Book )
159 editions published between 1881 and 2010 in English and French and held by 2,599 libraries worldwide
A biography of the nineteenth-century abolitionist who advocated the full freedom of the blacks.

Slave narratives ( Book )
2 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 2,103 libraries worldwide
Consists of primary source material in the form of personal narratives.

Frederick Douglass : selected speeches and writings by Frederick Douglass ( Book )
20 editions published between 1853 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,182 libraries worldwide
"One of the greatest African American leaders and one of the most brilliant minds of his time, Frederick Douglass spoke and wrote with unsurpassed eloquence on almost all the major issues confronting the American people during his life - from the abolition of slavery to women's rights, from the Civil War to lynching, from American patriotism to black nationalism." "Between 1950 and 1975, Philip S. Foner collected the most important of Douglass's hundreds of speeches, letters, articles, and editorials into an impressive five-volume set, now long out of print. Abridged, adapted, and supplemented with several important texts that Foner did not include, Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings presents the most significant, insightful, and elegant short works of Douglass's massive oeuvre."--Jacket.

Escape from slavery : the boyhood of Frederick Douglass in his own words by Frederick Douglass ( Book )
7 editions published in 1994 in English and held by 1,154 libraries worldwide
A shortened autobiography presenting the early life of the slave who became an abolitionist, journalist, and statesman.

The life and writings of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass ( Book )
23 editions published between 1950 and 1975 in English and held by 987 libraries worldwide

The Frederick Douglass papers. Series one, Speeches, debates, and interviews by Frederick Douglass ( Book )
in English and held by 928 libraries worldwide