Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.8092
EAN: 9780300087017
ISBN: 0300087012
Label: Yale University Press
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: March 01, 2001
Publisher: Yale University Press
Sales Rank: 67723
Studio: Yale University Press

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
In 1845, just seven years after his escape from slavery, the young Frederick Douglass published this powerful account of his life in bondage and his triumph over oppression. The book, which marked the beginning of Douglass's career as an impassioned writer, journalist, and orator for the abolitionist cause, reveals the terrors he faced as a slave, the brutalities of his owners and overseers, and his harrowing escape to the North. It has become a classic of American autobiography.

This edition of the book, based on the authoritative text that appears in Yale University Press's multivolume edition of the Frederick Douglass Papers, is the only edition of Douglass's Narrative designated as an Approved Text by the Modern Language Association's Committee on Scholarly Editions. It includes a chronology of Douglass's life, a thorough introduction by the eminent Douglass scholar John Blassingame, historical notes, and reader responses to the first edition of 1845.




Rating: - A classic narrative of human brutality...
If progress in human rights continues, and history offers no guarantees, then slavery will remain one of the USA's most nefarious legacies. Though no timeless ethical absolutes seem to exist, the statement "American slavery was wrong" feels beyond question. Unfortunately, the insatiable demand for cheap labor wreaks havoc even today. Witness "sweat shops" and the appalling treatment of some immigrant laborers. What strikes us as wrong about such exploitation is its fundamental drive to reduce human ... Read More

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Rating: - Interesting, but...
Interesting, but can get dull fairly fast. Somewhat strange to read in a slave's own word the life and times of his bondage in such a matter of fact way. with that said, good read overall.

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Rating: - A must read!!!!!
Frederick Douglass was a born slave. Although he was self-educated, he acquired an almost unparalleled level of education. He was a Christian, but a fighter - a fighter for freedom. He was the real kind of Christian. He not only fought for his freedom and escaped from slavery, but he fought relentlessly to aboliish freedom in the United States.

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Rating: - Should be in every library
Though I am skeptical about most 'history,' this book was written by a man who felt oppression and fought it. This book as well Douglass' other writing should be the primary source on slavery and the civil war.

This book, as well as its excellent forward, serves to warn that slavery could happen here again disguised as something else. It reminds us that slavery is not an institution but a crime.

This edition is the best as far as size and print quality. It has also best foreward ... Read More

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Rating: - KINDLE EDITION: Excellent!
I wrote this review to mention the Kindle Edition. Many lower-priced Kindle editions of books have bad formatting problems that make the book difficult or even impossible to read. Not this one! I found the formatting was excellent throughout. In two places the footnotes were slightly misplaced, but it was easy to figure out from context what the text was. In general, the Kindle formatting was better than many more recent (and expensive!) books.

The content was also excellent (as other reviewers ... Read More

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