Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Publisher Marketing: Frederick Douglass (c.1818 1895) was born into slavery but escaped in 1838, quickly becoming involved in the abolitionist movement. Following publication in 1845 of this autobiography he risked recognition and recapture by his owner, and so fled the United States. This reissue is of the Dublin edition of 1845, with a preface by Douglass explaining his reasons for his journey to Britain. Opening with a touching explanation of how he doesn't know his birthday, Douglass describes his early life and the growing awareness of the injustices he suffered. The beatings he witnessed and received himself are described in painful detail. Later, Douglass highlights the hypocrisy of the 'slaveholding religion of this land', condemning it as 'the grossest of libels'. The eloquence of the writing, with an immediacy and honesty found shocking at the time, make this an invaluable first-hand record of one of humanity's most shameful acts. Review Citations: Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1998 pg. 749 (EAN 9780312075316, Paperback) Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1998 pg. 749 (EAN 9780451526731, Mass Market Paperbound) Ingram Paperback Advance 05/01/2005 pg. 63 (EAN 9780451529947, Mass Market Paperbound) Ingram Paperback Advance 01/01/2005 pg. 11 (EAN 9780345478238, Mass Market Paperbound) School Library Journal 11/01/2002 (EAN 9781584721659, Other) Library Journal 04/01/2003 (EAN 9781584721659, Other) Wilson Public Library Catalog 12/31/2008 pg. 976 (EAN 9780140390124, Paperback) Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2013 pg. 1158 (EAN 9780140390124, Paperback) Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2002 pg. 92 (EAN 9780300087017, Paperback) Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2002 pg. 92 (EAN 9780300088311, Hardcover) Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1998 pg. 749 (EAN 9780674601017, Paperback) Choice 07/01/2010 (EAN 9780872865273, Paperback) Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2010 pg. 67 (EAN 9780872865273, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Douglass, Frederick Frederick Douglass (c.1818 - 1895) Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey) was an American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing. He stood as a living counter-example to slaveholders' arguments that slaves did not have the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens. Douglass wrote several autobiographies. Douglass was a firm believer in the equality of all people, whether black, female, Native American, or recent immigrant, famously quoted as saying, "I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong."