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 in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838, how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and driver, 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?' and his only known work of fiction, The Heroic Slave, which was written, in part, as a response to Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass was born in slavery as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey near Easton in Talbot County, Maryland. He was not sure of the exact year of his birth, but he knew that it was 1817 or 1818. 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, so he wrote Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass. During the Civil War he assisted in the recruiting of colored men for the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Regiments and consistently argued for the emancipation of slaves. After the war he was active in securing and protecting the rights of the freemen. In his later years, at different times, he was secretary of the Santo Domingo Commission, marshall and recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia, and United States Minister to Haiti.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is the moving autobiography by the former slave and prominent abolitionist. With unabashed honesty Douglass recounts his early years on a Maryland plantation, his relationships with his masters, his momentous discovery of the link between literacy and bondage, and his eventual flight to freedom. A bestseller when published in 1845, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass was an influential text in the anti-slavery movement, and the power and clarity of Douglass's writing were a credible counter-argument to the prejudiced opinions towards African-Americans held by many at the time. HarperTorch brings great works of non-fiction and the dramatic arts to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperTorch collection to build your digital library.

Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave

«  Mes lecteurs ont vu comment d'un homme on faisait un esclave  ; ils vont voir comment un esclave devint un homme.  »  Né dans une plantation du Maryland en 1818, Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey est esclave de père blanc. En 1825, il est envoyé comme manoeuvre à Baltimore, puis loué à un negro breaker (casseur d'esclaves) en 1834. À 20 ans, il s'évade, déguisé en marin, et se réfugie dans le Massachusetts où il prend le nom de Douglass et participe à des meetings abolitionnistes. En 1845, il publie ses Mémoires dans lesquelles il dissèque le système esclavagiste. Celui qui avait appris seul à lire et à écrire - persuadé que l'éducation était la clé de la liberté - relate sa vie d'esclave et son émancipation, physique et intellectuelle. Douglass sait que la libération passe par la sortie de l'ignorance. Il se convertit rapidement en une des grandes figures abolitionnistes des États-Unis et en père du Mouvement de libération des Noirs. Comme Twelve Years a Slave de Solomon Northup quelques années plus tard, ses Mémoires deviennent un des grands textes classiques sur la condition des esclaves racontée par eux-mêmes et une référence de la littérature antiesclavagiste. En 1852, il déclarera  : «  Nulle part au monde il n'y a une nation qui soit coupable de crimes aussi sanglants et aussi ignobles que ceux que commettent en ce jour et à cette heure les citoyens des États-Unis.  »    Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)Orateur éloquent, abolitionniste, Frederick Douglass écrit son autobiographie en 1845. La notoriété de son récit met en péril sa liberté illégale dans les États non esclavagistes du Nord. Il se réfugie en Europe où il obtient son affranchissement officiel. Conférencier populaire à partir de 1866, il occupe diverses fonctions administratives dans le gouvernement entre 1871 et 1895. Frederick Douglass croyait fermement à l'égalité de tous, incluant les descendants d'africains, les femmes, les immigrants, et évidemment tous les autres américains d'ascendance européenne.    Préface de Marie-Jeanne Rossignol, Professeure d'études américaines - Université Paris Diderot. Laboratoire de recherches sur les cultures anglophones)

Vie d'un esclave américain

Born a slave in 1818 on a plantation in Maryland, Douglass taught himself to read and write. In 1845, seven years after escaping to the North, he published Narrative, the first of three autobiographies. This book calmly but dramatically recounts the horrors and the accomplishments of his early years—the daily, casual brutality of the white masters; his painful efforts to educate himself; his decision to find freedom or die; and his harrowing but successful escape.An astonishing orator and a skillful writer, Douglass became a newspaper editor, a political activist, and an eloquent spokesperson for the civil rights of African Americans. He lived through the Civil War, the end of slavery, and the beginning of segregation. He was celebrated internationally as the leading black intellectual of his day, and his story still resonates in ours.

Mémoires d'un esclave

Il y a deux siècles, nombreux étaient ceux qui considéraient l'esclavage, cette " institution particulière ", comme une chose acceptable, morale, voire tout à fait normale. Face à tant de cruauté, d'injustice et d'impunité, des voix se sont élevées, aux États-Unis et dans le monde entier. Aujourd'hui, plus personne ne pense que l'esclavage est une bonne chose. Lire ces Mémoires d'un esclave, c'est non seulement travailler contre l'oubli et la banalisation des luttes, mais c'est aussi une manière de rappeler que, au milieu d'un océan de phénomènes tenus pour acceptables, moraux, voire tout à fait normaux (capitalisme sauvage, exploitation des humains et de l'environnement, course aveugle au profit), il n'est pas vain de résister.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass during his time in Lynn, Massachusetts.

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

The Underground Railroad was a network of clandestine routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early- to the mid-19th century. It was used by enslaved African Americans primarily to escape into free states and Canada. The network was assisted by abolitionists and others sympathetic to the cause of the escapees. The enslaved persons who risked escape and those who aided them are also collectively referred to as the "Underground Railroad". Various other routes led to Mexico, where slavery had been abolished, and to islands in the Caribbean that were not part of the slave trade. An earlier escape route running south toward Florida, then a Spanish possession (except 1763-1783), existed from the late 17th century until approximately 1790. However, the network now generally known as the Underground Railroad began in the late 18th century. It ran north and grew steadily until the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln. One estimate suggests that by 1850, approximately 100, 000 enslaved people had escaped to freedom via the network.

Contents:

Henry Box Brown

William Wells Brown

James Hambleton Christian

Theophilus Collins

Seth Concklin 

William and Ellen Craft 

Frederick Douglass

Abram Galloway and Richard Eden

Charles Gilbert

Samuel Green

Jamie Griffin

Harry Grimes

James Hamlet and Others

Josiah Henson

John Henry Hill

Ann Maria Jackson and Her Seven Children

Harriet Jacobs

Jane Johnson

Matilda Mahoney

Mary Frances Melvin

Aunt Hannah Moore

Alfred S. Thornton

The Slave Narratives Collection. Underground Railroad (20 stories) - The Slave Narratives Collection. Underground Railroad (20 stories)

Il y a deux siècles, nombreux étaient ceux qui considéraient l'esclavage, cette " institution particulière ", comme une chose acceptable, morale, voire tout à fait normale. Face à tant de cruauté, d'injustice et d'impunité, des voix se sont élevées, aux Etats-Unis et dans le monde entier. Aujourd'hui, plus personne ne pense que l'esclavage est une bonne chose. Publier ces Mémoires d'un esclave, c'est non seulement travailler contre l'oubli et la banalisation des luttes, mais c'est aussi une manière de rappeler que, au milieu d'un océan de phénomènes tenus pour acceptables, moraux, voire tout à fait normaux (capitalisme sauvage, exploitation des humains et de l'environnement, course aveugle au profit), il n'est pas vain de résister.

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