The Essential Frederick Douglass - Autobiographies, Fiction, Essays, and Speeches from America's Greatest Abolitionist
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Nearly half a million words of autobiography, fiction, journalism, and public argument reveal Frederick Douglass in the full force of his intellect, courage, and moral vision.
Collected in one monumental volume are the essential writings of Frederick Douglass, one of the most powerful voices in American history. Included are all three of his landmark autobiographies: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, My Bondage and My Freedom, and Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. Read together, these works trace his journey from enslavement to freedom, from fugitive to internationally celebrated orator, editor, reformer, and statesman.
Also included is Douglass's only work of fiction, The Heroic Slave, along with selected magazine articles and public addresses. Across these writings, Douglass confronts slavery, racism, political hypocrisy, violence, citizenship, education, religion, and the unfinished struggle for human equality. His prose is direct, fiercely reasoned, and often devastating, combining personal testimony with some of the most important political writing of the nineteenth century.
Spanning almost half a million words, The Essential Frederick Douglass offers far more than a portrait of a historical figure. Through his own words, readers encounter the development of a remarkable mind and witness the making of the man, the reformer, and the legend.
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