02082cam a2200337 i 4500 652640110 TxAuBib 20230214120000.0 131109s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013035549 9780143107309 paperback 0143107305 paperback TxAuBib rda Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave / Frederick Douglass ; edited with an introduction by Ira Dworkin. New York : Penguin Classics, [2014] xxix, 190 pages ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "An updated edition of a classic African American autobiography, with new supplementary materials. The preeminent American slave narrative first published in 1845, Frederick Douglass's Narrative powerfully details the life of the abolitionist from his birth into slavery to his escape to the North in 1838. Douglass tells how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and drivers, how he learned to read and write, and how he grew into a man who could only live free or die. In addition to Douglass's classic autobiography, this new edition also includes his most famous speech "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" in its entirety as well as his only known work of fiction, The Heroic Slave, an account of slave rebellion, which was published within a year of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin"-- Provided by publisher. 20230214. Douglass, Frederick 1818-1895. African American abolitionists Biography. Abolitionists Biography. Slaves United States Biography. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage. HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877.) SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies. MRLJG