{"product_id":"narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-an-american-slave-a-library-of-america-paperback-classic-9781598533514","title":"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave: A Library of America Paperback Classic","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the greatest works of American autobiography, in a definitive Library of America text: \u003c\/b\u003e Published seven years after his escape from slavery, \u003ci\u003eNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave\u003c\/i\u003e (1845) is a powerful account of the cruelty and oppression of the Maryland plantation culture into which Frederick Douglass was born. It brought him to the forefront of the antislavery movement and drew thousands, black and white, to the cause. Written in part as a response to skeptics who refused to believe that so articulate an orator could ever have been a slave, the \u003ci\u003eNarrative \u003c\/i\u003ereveals the eloquence and fierce intelligence that made Douglass a brilliantly effective spokesman for abolition and equal rights, as he shapes an inspiring vision of self-realization in the face of unimaginable odds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn a slave, \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrederick Douglass \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e(c. 1818-1895) educated himself, escaped, and made himself one of the greatest leaders in American history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Stauffer \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of English and American Literature and African American Studies and Chair of the History of American Civilization program at Harvard University. His eight books include \u003ci\u003eThe Black Hearts of Men: Radical Abolitionists and the Transformation of Race \u003c\/i\u003e(2002) and \u003ci\u003eGiants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln \u003c\/i\u003e(2008).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50524982378770,"sku":"9781598533514","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_89532a8e-bb20-4529-bf8d-25e465923548.jpg?v=1731196900","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-an-american-slave-a-library-of-america-paperback-classic-9781598533514","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}