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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Chapter 2: AN AMERICAN SLAVE. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
By Frederick Douglass
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A first-person autobiographical account describes the author's life under chattel slavery, depicting routine cruelty, family separations, and degrading legal status; it traces the development of literacy and self-respect as tools of resistance, episodes of physical and psychological abuse, and the eventual escape to freedom. Interspersed with moral reflection and rhetorical denunciation, the narrative analyzes the complicity of social and religious institutions, charts personal transformation into a reforming speaker, and offers vivid scenes and argument to expose slavery's dehumanizing effects while urging emancipation.

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Title: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Author: Frederick Douglass

Release date: January 12, 2006 [eBook #23]
Most recently updated: July 17, 2025

Language: English

Credits: An Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger

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Narrative
of the
Life
of
FREDERICK DOUGLASS

AN
AMERICAN SLAVE.
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

BOSTON

PUBLISHED AT THE ANTI-SLAVERY OFFICE,
NO. 25 CORNHILL
1845

ENTERED, ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS,
IN THE YEAR 1845
BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
IN THE CLERK’S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT
OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Note from the original file: This electronic book is being released at this time to honor the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. [Born January 15, 1929] [Officially celebrated January 20, 1992]

Contents

PREFACE
LETTER FROM WENDELL PHILLIPS, ESQ.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
APPENDIX
A PARODY