Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: His Early Life As a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History, - Couverture souple

Douglass, Frederick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0020023502 ISBN 13 : 9780020023500

Editeur : Prentice Hall & IBD, 1962

Synopsis

Book by Douglass Frederick

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

LIFE ~S A SLAVE. CHAPTER I. AUTHOR'S BlUTH. Author's place of birth-Dcscription of country-Its inhabitantsGencalogical trces-~Iethod of counting time in slave district~ Date of author's birth-Names of grandparents-Their cabinHome ·with them-Slave practice of separating mothers from their children-".A.uthor's rccollcctiollil of hi':! mother-1Vho was his ~~, . I N Talbot County, Eastern Shore, State of Maryland, ncar Easton, the county town, there is a small district of country, thinly populated, tind remarkable for nothing that I know of more than for the worn-out, sandy, desertlike appearance of its soil, the general dilapidation of its farms and fences, the indigent and spiritless character of its inhabitants, and the prevalence of ague and fever. It was i.n this dull, fiat, and unthrifty district or neighborhood, bordered by the Choptank river, among the laziest and muddiest of streams, surrounded by a white population of the lowest order, indolent and drunke

Table of Contents

COlTTENTS; CHAPTER 1; AU'fHOR'S BIRTH; ~luthor's place of birth-Description of country"'!"Its inhabit·; ~ Rnts---~ncalogical trees-}Iethod of counting time in slave; ]1 districts-Date of author's birth-Names of grandparentst~; Their cabin-Home with them-Slave practice of separating; mothers from their children-Author'!; recollections of biB •; mother-Who WIIS his father? • 25; CHAPTER II; lity REnIOVAL FRm! GRAND:1[OTHER'S; HuthoI'S early home-Its cnanns-Author's ignorance of "old; cr'master "-His gradual perceptIon of tlle truth concerning; ~~ him-His relations to Col Edward Lloyd-Author's removnl to; , ,0 old master's" home-His journey thence-HiB separation from; ~~his;: ndmother-His grief • • , , ,29; 1~; tr CHAPTER III; TROUBLES OF CHILDIIOOD; 01 Lloyd's plantation-Aunt Katy-Hcr cruelty Ilnd ill-nature-'; capt Anthony'S partiality t

Biographie de l'auteur

Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was an American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining renown for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing. He stood as a living counter-example to slaveholders' arguments that slaves did not have the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens. He became a major speaker for the cause of abolition. In addition to his oratory, Douglass wrote several autobiographies, eloquently describing his life as a slave, and his struggles to be free. His classic autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, is one of the best known accounts of American slavery. After the Civil War, Douglass remained very active in America's struggle to reach its potential as a "land of the free". Douglass actively supported women's suffrage. Following the war, he worked on behalf of equal rights for freedmen, and held multiple public offices. Douglass was a firm believer in the equality of all people, whether black, female, Native American, or recent immigrant. He was fond of saying, "I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong."

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Prentice Hall & IBD
• Date d'édition: 1962
• ISBN 10: 0020023502
• ISBN 13: 9780020023500
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 640