My Bondage and My Freedom

Informationen zum Autor David W. Blight is professor of American history and director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University. Klappentext Born into slavery in 1818, Douglass escaped to become a passionate advocate for abolition and social change. His classic account of his remarkable life is here accompanied by a new introduction and annotations. Born into slavery in 1818, the author escaped to freedom and became a passionate advocate for abolition and social change and the foremost spokesperson for the nation's enslaved African American population in the years preceding the Civil War. This book recounts his remarkable life.

Product details

• Authors: Frederick Douglass, Frederick/ Blight Douglass
• Assisted by: David W. Blight (Introduction)
• Publisher: External catalogues_US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.01.2014
• EAN: 9780300190595
• ISBN: 978-0-300-19059-5
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 215 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; USA, Ethnic Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Autobiography: historical, political & military, United States of America, USA, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Black & Asian Studies, Slavery and abolition of slavery, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional