Frederick DouglassBill E. Lawson, Frank M. Kirkland Ardent Media - 408 pagine As part of the Amazing Americans online project, the U.S. Library of Congress presents a biographical sketch of the African-American abolitionist Frederick Douglass (1817?-1895). Douglass was a leader in the abolitionist movement and the first African American citizen to be appointed as U.S. minister and consul-general to Haiti. Information about Douglass' escape from slavery, his activities as an abolitionist, and his role in the Civil War (1861-1865) is available. His published works include "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" (1845) and "My Bondage and my Freedom" (1855). A portrait of Douglass is provided. |
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CHAPTER | 7 |
CHAPTER II | 32 |
CHAPTER III | 57 |
CHAPTER IV | 81 |
CHAPTER V | 112 |
CHAPTER VI | 149 |
CHAPTER VII | 190 |
CHAPTER VIII | 207 |
CHAPTER X | 256 |
CHAPTER XI | 284 |
CHAPTER XII | 312 |
CHAPTER XIII | 333 |
CHAPTER XIV | 358 |
CHAPTER XV | 393 |
Appendix 411416 | 411 |
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