| Description |
xiii, 1], 334, [3], 336-464, [16 unnumbered pages : illustrations, facsimile, portrait ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Black rediscovery
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| Note |
"Unabridged and unaltered republication of the work first published in 1855 by Miller, Orton & Mulligan, New York and Auburn." |
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Running title on versos, p. 34-334: Life as a slave. |
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Running title on versos, p. 336-406: Life as a freeman. |
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Running title on versos, p. 408-464: Appendix. |
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Running title on rectos varies with contents. |
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Frontispiece portrait includes facsimile autograph, facing facsimile of 1855 t.p. |
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Series title from page facing t.p. |
| Contents |
Part I. Life as a slave -- Part II. Life as a freeman -- Appendix. |
| Summary |
Autobiography of the nineteenth-century abolitionist who advocated the full freedom of the blacks. |
| Note |
The original work is dedicated to Gerrit Smith. |
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Publisher's advertisements: fifteen pages at end, and inside front and back printed paper wrapper. |
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Enlarged and published under title: Life and times of Frederick Douglass. Hartford, 1881. |
| Subject |
Antislavery movements -- United States.
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Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography.
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
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Plantation life -- Maryland -- History -- 19th century.
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Fugitive slaves -- Maryland.
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Slavery -- Maryland.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies -- United States -- 19th century.
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Slave narratives -- United States -- 19th century.
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| Local Subject |
Enslaved persons -- Maryland -- Social conditions.
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| Subject |
Slaves -- Maryland -- Social conditions.
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| Added Author |
Smith, James McCune, 1813-1865.
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Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874, dedicatee.
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| ISBN |
0486224570 $3.50 |
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9780486224572 |
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