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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)

By Frederick Douglass & Ulrich Baer
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) by Frederick Douglass & Ulrich Baer digital book - Fable

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Frederick Douglass, the renowned nineteenth-century orator, editor, publisher, and statesman, was born into slavery in Maryland and escaped in 1838. He quickly became a national leader of the abolitionist movement to which he contributed an unrivaled body of speeches and writings that challenged America to live up to its founding ideals. In his most famous work, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845) he details his path from slavery to freedom in a vivid and engrossing story. The book is both a memoir and a powerful polemic on justice and is considered a foundational text in the creation of American identity. Douglass was larger than life: a principled critic of the United States, a vocal patriot, a mirror to his society, and a prophet of a better future yet to come. He unflinchingly upheld the values of the U.S. Constitution and human rights in ways that resonate for anyone fighting for freedom, equality, and democracy.


This Warbler Classics edition includes a new introduction by Ulrich Baer and an extensive biographical timeline.


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About Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass (c. 1817-1895) was the son of an enslaved African American mother and a white father. As a young boy he defied the law by learning to read and write. He credits his literacy as the key to freedom. He became an outspoken abolitionist lecturer, advocate for women's rights, and enormously influential author of hundreds of books, essays, and speeches.

Ulrich Baer

Ulrich Baer is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale University. He has been awarded Guggenheim, Getty, and Humboldt fellowships and is University Professor at New York University. In addition to books on literature, photography, and cultural issues, he has published new editions of more than twenty classic works of fiction.

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