Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave, Written by Himself

Get to know the iconic historical figure, Frederick Douglass through his story and his writing as the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass details his entire bioography from where his inspiration came from as well as what impact he had on contemporary fiction.

David W. Blight is Professor of History at Yale University; he taught at Amherst College for thirteen years. His scholarly work is concentrated on nineteenth-century America, with a special interest in the Civil War and Reconstruction, African American history, and American intellectual and cultural history. He has lectured widely on Frederick Douglass and served as a consultant to documentary films on African American history, including the PBS television film Frederick Douglass: When the Lion Wrote History. His book, Frederick Douglass' Civil War: Keeping Faith in Jubilee is an award-winning intellectual biography of Douglass and a study of the meaning of the Civil War. His work Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory was awarded the Bancroft Prize in American History, the Lincoln Prize, and the Frederick Douglass Prize, as well as four awards from the Organization of American Historians. He is the author of numerous essays on abolitionism and African American intellectual history, and his latest work is a collection of essays entitled Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory, and the Civil War.

Foreword
Preface
Illustrations
PART ONE
Introduction: “A Psalm of Freedom”
PART TWO
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself
Preface by William Lloyd Garrison, May 1, 1845
Letter from Wendell Phillips, Esq., April 22, 1845
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Appendix
PART THREE
Related Documents*1. Caleb Bingham, *Dialogue between a Master and a Slave,
1797
2. Margaret Fuller, Review of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,
an American Slave, June 10, 1845
3. Ephraim Peabody, Narratives of Fugitives Slaves, July 1849
4. Nathaniel P. Rogers, Southern Slavery and Northern Religion: Two
Addresses, February 11, 1844
5. Frederick Douglass, My Slave Experience in Maryland, May 6, 1845
6. Frederick Douglass, Letter to William Lloyd Garrison, September 1, 1845
7. Frederick Douglass, What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? July 5,
1852 APPENDIXES
A Frederick Douglass Chronology (1818-1895)
Questions for Consideration
Selected BibliographyIndex