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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave. Written by Himself
de Frederick Douglass
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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Boston: Published at the Anti-Slavery Office, 1849. Small octavo. Portrait frontis., xvi, 125, [5]pp. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt-lettered and embossed in binding. Small losses at ends of spine; tight splitting along joints; corner-tips rubbed; a very good copy.
Fifth Boston edition of the first autobiography authored by Frederick Douglass documenting his early life on Edward Lloyd's plantation in Maryland, his pivotal battle with Edward Covey, the "slavebreaker," and his journey to self-education and self-emancipation.
Published seven years after Douglass escaped slavery, Benjamin Quarles wrote that "the first-hand evidence [Douglass] submitted and the moving prose in which he couched his findings and observations combine to make his Narrative one of the most arresting autobiographical statements in the entire catalogue of American reform."
Douglass's 1845 Narrative was followed by two subsequent autobiographies-My Bondage and My Freedom (1855) and Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881).
This copy's spine gilt remains bright, and its textblock is exceptionally well-preserved. An attractive example of the book that "made Frederick Douglass the most famous black person in the world." (David Blight)
This edition not in Blockson, Catalogue or LCP, Afro-Americana. For the first edition: Blockson 101, no. 27. Dumond, p48. Work, p474.
Sinopsis
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and ex-slave, Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the United States.
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- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave. Written by Himself
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- Frederick Douglass
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Wilmington, Delaware
Sobre Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
Established in 1995, Ian Brabner, Rare Americana buys and sells rare books and manuscripts covering diverse facets of American history.
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Our inventory encompasses a broad spectrum of collecting interests, with a special focus on 18th- and 19th-century American history, including African-American history, women's history, and unique or unusual materials documenting the American experience. In our stock, you will also find rare pamphlets, documents, letters and correspondence, journals, diaries, significant archives, as well as original art, graphics, and photographs.
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- Cloth
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- Tight
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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