Life and times of Frederick Douglass
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About This Book
Raised as a plantation slave, Douglass went on to become a writer, orator, and major participant in the struggle for African-American freedom and equality. In this engrossing narrative he recounts early years of abuse; his dramatic escape to the North and eventual freedom, abolitionist campaigns, and his crusade for full civil rights for former slaves.
509
Chapters
~6108 min
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English
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4.3 ★
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Chapters (509)
- LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
- CONTENTS.
- INTRODUCTION.
- LIFE AS A SLAVE.
- CHAPTER I. AUTHOR’S BIRTH.
- CHAPTER II. REMOVAL FROM GRANDMOTHER’S.
- CHAPTER III. TROUBLES OF CHILDHOOD.
- CHAPTER IV. A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE SLAVE PLANTATION.
- CHAPTER V. A SLAVEHOLDER’S CHARACTER.
- CHAPTER VI. A CHILD’S REASONING.
- CHAPTER VII. LUXURIES AT THE GREAT HOUSE.
- CHAPTER VIII CHARACTERISTICS OF OVERSEERS.
- CHAPTER IX. CHANGE OF LOCATION.
- CHAPTER X. LEARNING TO READ.
- CHAPTER XI. GROWING IN KNOWLEDGE.
- CHAPTER XII. RELIGIOUS NATURE AWAKENED.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE VICISSITUDES OF SLAVE LIFE.
- CHAPTER XIV. EXPERIENCE IN ST. MICHAELS.
- CHAPTER XV. COVEY, THE NEGRO BREAKER.
- CHAPTER XVI. ANOTHER PRESSURE OF THE TYRANT’S VICE.
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"Life and times of Frederick Douglass" was written by Frederick Douglass. It is classified as Biography, Fiction, History.
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