Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Written by Himself (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781599867038)

Frederick Douglass was born into slavery as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey in Maryland. As a young boy he was sent to Baltimore, to be a house servant, where he learned to read and write, with the assistance of his master's wife. In 1838 he escaped from slavery and went to New York City, where he married Anna Murray, a free colored woman whom he had met in Baltimore. Soon thereafter he changed his name to Frederick Douglass. In 1841 he addressed a convention of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in Nantucket and so greatly impressed the group that they immediately employed him as an agent. He was such an impressive orator that numerous persons doubted if he had ever been a slave, and he wrote this classic book about his life story.

Author: Frederick Douglass
ISBN-10: 1599867036
ISBN-13: 9781599867038
Publisher: Fq Classics
Language: English
Published: 09/13/2007
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.9
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Upper Grade
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