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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave
by Frederick Douglass
The autobiography of Frederick Douglass -- born into slavery, self-taught to read and write, escaped to freedom, and became the most powerful abolitionist voice of the 19th century. One of the most important books in American literature: a first-person account of the institution that nearly destroyed the republic.
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What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
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What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
by Frederick Douglass
Douglass's 1852 speech -- one of the greatest pieces of American oratory ever delivered. Standing before an audience of abolitionists, he dismantles the hypocrisy of celebrating American freedom while four million people remain enslaved. As precise, furious, and relevant as anything ever written about the American contradiction.
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