The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is regarded as one of the most important accounts of slavery in 19th century America that has ever been written. The narrative recounts Douglass' life from early childhood growing up on a Southern Plantation to his eventual escape to his freedom to the North. Frederick Douglass writes about his experiences with his slave owners, how he became educated and his struggle to teach other slaves, and about his eventual escape from slavery. As an escaped slave, Douglass became a passionate and respected abolitionist, and served as an inspiration to many other early African Americans. Part of the Capstone Classics Series, this deluxe hardback edition of this important slave narrative is a must have for anyone interested in African American history.

Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was born into slavery on a plantation in Tuckahoe, Maryland, but escaped in 1838 by posing as a free sailor and travelled to New York. He became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, where he began to give lectures on behalf of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. In 1845 he published Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, as a memoir and treatise on abolition. Debra Newman Ham is a former professor of history at Morgan State University, and was an archivist and African American history specialist at the National Archives and the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress. Books include Black History: A Guide to Civilian Records in the National Archives, and The African-American Mosaic: A Guide to Black History Resources in the Library of Congress. Tom ButlerBowdon is Series Editor of the Capstone Classics series, and has provided Introductions for Plato's Republic, Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, Machiavelli's The Prince, Florence Scovel Shinn's The Game of Life and How to Play It, and Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. A graduate of the London School of Economics, he is also the author of 50 Economics Classics (2017) and 50 Politics Classics (2015). www.butlerbowdon.com

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