The lives of Frederick Douglass

The lives of Frederick Douglass / Robert S. Levine.

"Frederick Douglass's fluid, changeable sense of his own life story is reflected in the many conflicting accounts he gave of key events and relationships during his journey from slavery to freedom. Nevertheless, when these differing self-presentations are put side by side and consideration...

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Main Author: Levine, Robert S. (Robert Steven), 1953- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Douglass, Frederick, > 1818-1895.
African American abolitionists > Biography.
Abolitionists > United States > Biography.
Slaves > United States > Biography.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
Biography.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: lives after the narrative
  • The Massachusetts anti-slavery society narrative
  • Taking back the narrative: the Dublin editions
  • Heroic slaves: Madison Washington and my bondage and my freedom
  • Tales of Abraham Lincoln (and John Brown)
  • Thomas Auld and the reunion narrative
  • Epilogue: posthumous Douglass.

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