{"product_id":"narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-an-american-slave-written-by-himself-9780300087017","title":"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave: Written by Himself","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe powerful story of slavery that has become a classic of American autobiography, in an authoritative edition\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This edition is the most valuable teaching tool on slavery and abolition available today. It is exceptional.\"--Nancy Hewitt, Distinguished Professor Emerita, Rutgers University\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"None so dramatically as Douglass integrated both the horror and the great quest of the African-American experience into the deep stream of American autobiography. He advanced and extended that tradition and is rightfully designated one of its greatest practitioners.\"--John W. Blassingame, from the Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The autobiography of Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), \u003ci\u003eNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave\u003c\/i\u003e, is widely regarded as a classic of American nineteenth-century history, of African American studies, and of literature. In 1845, just seven years after his escape from slavery, the young Douglass published this powerful account of his life as a slave 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This edition of the book, based on the authoritative text that appears in Yale University Press's multivolume edition of the \u003ci\u003eFrederick Douglass Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, is the only edition of Douglass's \u003ci\u003eNarrative\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrederick Douglass\u003c\/b\u003e (1818-1895) was an African American abolitionist and social reformer, author, orator, and statesman. \u003cb\u003eJohn R. McKivigan\u003c\/b\u003e is Mary O'Brien Gibson Professor of History at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. \u003cb\u003ePeter P. Hinks\u003c\/b\u003e is a public historian, historical editor, and author of numerous essays and books on African American and American history before the Civil War. \u003cb\u003eHeather L. Kaufman\u003c\/b\u003e is coeditor of several volumes on Douglass and a research associate of the Douglass Papers.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523512832274,"sku":"9780300087017","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_20afe645-1bc0-4c39-a39a-875ff9c59c80.jpg?v=1731149807","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-an-american-slave-written-by-himself-9780300087017","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}