| Edition |
Critical edition. |
| Description |
xl, 215 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"First edition 2001." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction by John W. Blassingame -- 'Narrative' -- Historical context: -- 'The doctrines and discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America': "Of slavery" (1798) -- Alexander McCaine, 'Slavery defended from scripture, against the attacks of the abolitionists': Excerpt (1842) -- David Walker, 'Walker's appeal to the coloured citizens of the world': Excerpt (1829) -- "Insurrection of the blacks," 'Niles Weekly Register' (1831) -- Samuel Miller, "Extract from a discourse delivered before the New-York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves" (1797) -- 'Declaration of sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society': "Preamble" (1833) -- Frederick Douglass, "I have come to tell you something about slavery" (1841) -- Hugh Auld, Bill of sale manumitting Douglass (1846) -- Douglass and his contemporary critics: -- Anonymous, Review of the "Narrative' (1845) -- Margaret Fuller, Review of the 'Narrative' (1845) -- Maria Weston Chapman, Review of the 'Narrative' (1845) -- A citizen of Maryland, "Gleams of light" (1845) -- A.C.C. Thompson, "To tell the public. -- Falsehood refuted" (1845) -- Frederick Douglass, Letter to William Lloyd Garrison (1846) -- Scholarly assessments: -- Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 'The classic slave narratives': Excerpt (1987) -- Winifred Morgan, "Gender-related difference in the slave narratives": Excerpt (1994) -- William L. Andrews, 'To tell a free story': Excerpt (1986) -- Robert B. Stepto, 'From behind the veil': Excerpt (1979) -- Afterword by John R. McKivigan, Peter P. Hinks, and Heather L. Kaufman -- Chronology -- Four Maryland families -- Historical annotation to the narrative. |
| Summary |
Ideal for coursework in American and African American history, this revised edition of Frederick Douglass's memoir of his life as a slave in pre-Civil War Maryland incorporates a wide range of supplemental materials to enhance students' understanding of slavery, abolitionism, and the role of race in American society. Offering readers a new appreciation of Douglass's world, it includes documents relating to the slave narrative genre and to the later career of an essential figure in the nineteenth-century abolition movement. |
| Subject |
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography.
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Sklave.
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. (OCoLC)fst00049680
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Subject |
Douglass, Frederick 1818-1895.
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African American abolitionists -- Biography.
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United States.
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African American abolitionists. (OCoLC)fst00798994
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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| Subject |
Enslaved persons. (OCoLC)fst01120522
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African Americans -- Biography.
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Abolitionismus.
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African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
McKivigan, John R., 1949- editor.
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Hinks, Peter P., editor.
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Kaufman, Heather L., 1969- editor.
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| Standard No. |
40026416082 |
| ISBN |
9780300204711 (paperback) |
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030020471X (paperback) |
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