Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass :

Upon its publication in 1845, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself became an immediate best-seller.

Preface

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The Text of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself

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Preface by William Lloyd Garrison

Letter from Wendell Phillips

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Contexts

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Margaret Fuller . [Review of the Narrative](New York Tribune, June 10, 1845)

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Anonymous . [Review of the Narrative](Spectator, November 29, 1845)

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A. C. C. Thompson . [Letter from a Former Slaveholder] (Liberator, December 12, 1845)

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Frederick Douglass . [Reply to Thompson's Letter] (Liberator, February 27, 1846)

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. Preface to the Second Dublin Edition of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1846)

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Douglass on His Mother and His Father (1845, 1855, 1892)

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Douglass on His Escape from Slavery (1882>

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. I Am Here to Spread Light on American Slavery (October 14, 1845)

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. What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (July 5, 1852)

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James Monroe Gregory . From Frederick Douglass, the Orator (1893)

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton . [Diary Entry on Douglass's Death] (February 21, 1895)

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Criticism

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William S. McFeely . [The Writing of the Narrative]

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Peter Ripley . The Autobiographical Writings of Frederick Douglass

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Robert B. Stepto . Narration, Authentication, and Authorial Control in Frederick Douglass' Narrative of 1845

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William L. Andrews . [Frederick Douglass and the American Jeremaid]

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Houston A. Baker, Jr. . [The Economics of Douglass's Narrative]

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Deborah E. McDowell . In the First Place: Making Frederick Douglass and the Afro-American Narrative Tradition

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Frederick Douglass: A Chronology

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Selected Bibliography

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass : An American Slave

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