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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass: Autobiographies

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

LETTER

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

APPENDIX.

INTRODUCTION.

CHAPTER I. THE AUTHOR'S CHILDHOOD.

CHAPTER II. THE AUTHOR REMOVED FROM HIS FIRST HOME.

CHAPTER III. THE AUTHOR'S PARENTAGE.

CHAPTER IV. A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE SLAVE PLANTATION.

CHAPTER V. GRADUAL INITIATION INTO THE MYSTERIES OF SLAVERY.

CHAPTER VI. TREATMENT OF SLAVES ON LLOYD'S PLANTATION.

CHAPTER VII. LIFE IN THE GREAT HOUSE.

CHAPTER VIII. A CHAPTER OF HORRORS.

CHAPTER IX. PERSONAL TREATMENT OF THE AUTHOR.

CHAPTER X. LIFE IN BALTIMORE.

CHAPTER XI. "A CHANGE CAME O'ER THE SPIRIT OF MY DREAM."

CHAPTER XII. RELIGIOUS NATURE AWAKENED.

CHAPTER XIII. THE VICISSITUDES OF SLAVE LIFE.

CHAPTER XIV. EXPERIENCE IN ST. MICHAEL'S.

CHAPTER XV. COVEY, THE NEGRO BREAKER.

CHAPTER XVI. ANOTHER PRESSURE OF THE TYRANT'S VICE.

CHAPTER XVII. THE LAST FLOGGING.

CHAPTER XVIII. NEW RELATIONS AND DUTIES.

CHAPTER XIX. THE RUN-AWAY PLOT.

CHAPTER XX. APPRENTICESHIP LIFE.

CHAPTER XXI. MY ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY.

CHAPTER XXII. LIBERTY ATTAINED.

CHAPTER XXIII. INTRODUCED TO THE ABOLITIONISTS.

CHAPTER XXIV. TWENTY-ONE MONTHS IN GREAT BRITAIN.

CHAPTER XXV. VARIOUS INCIDENTS.

APPENDIX

INTRODUCTION.

CHAPTER I. AUTHOR'S BIRTH.

CHAPTER II. REMOVAL FROM GRANDMOTHER'S.

CHAPTER III. TROUBLES OF CHILDHOOD.

CHAPTER IV. A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE SLAVE PLANTATION.

CHAPTER V. A SLAVEHOLDER'S CHARACTER.

CHAPTER VI. A CHILD'S REASONING.

CHAPTER VII. LUXURIES AT THE GREAT HOUSE.

CHAPTER VIII. CHARACTERISTICS OF OVERSEERS.

CHAPTER IX. CHANGE OF LOCATION.

CHAPTER X. LEARNING TO READ.

CHAPTER XI. GROWING IN KNOWLEDGE

CHAPTER XII. RELIGIOUS NATURE AWAKENED.

CHAPTER XIII. THE VICISSITUDES OF SLAVE LIFE.

CHAPTER XIV. EXPERIENCE IN ST. MICHAELS.

CHAPTER XV. COVEY, THE NEGRO BREAKER.

CHAPTER XVI. ANOTHER PRESSURE OF THE TYRANT'S VISE.

CHAPTER XVII. THE LAST FLOGGING.

CHAPTER XVIII. NEW RELATIONS AND DUTIES.

CHAPTER XIX. THE RUNAWAY PLOT.

CHAPTER XX. APPRENTICESHIP LIFE.

CHAPTER XXI. ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY.

CHAPTER I. ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY.

CHAPTER II. LIFE AS A FREEMAN.

CHAPTER III. INTRODUCED TO THE ABOLITIONISTS.

CHAPTER IV. RECOLLECTIONS OF OLD FRIENDS.

CHAPTER V. ONE HUNDRED CONVENTIONS.

CHAPTER VI. IMPRESSIONS ABROAD.

CHAPTER VII. TRIUMPHS AND TRIALS.

CHAPTER VIII. JOHN BROWN AND MRS. STOWE.

CHAPTER IX. INCREASING DEMANDS OF THE SLAVE POWER.

CHAPTER X. THE BEGINNING OF THE END.

CHAPTER XI. SECESSION AND WAR.

CHAPTER XII. HOPE FOR THE NATION.

CHAPTER XIII. VAST CHANGES.

CHAPTER XIV. LIVING AND LEARNING.

CHAPTER XV. WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE.

CHAPTER XVI. "TIME MAKES ALL THINGS EVEN."

CHAPTER XVII. INCIDENTS AND EVENTS.

CHAPTER XVIII. "HONOR TO WHOM HONOR."

CHAPTER XIX. RETROSPECTION.

APPENDIX.

WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION.

CHAPTER I. LATER LIFE.

CHAPTER II. A GRAND OCCASION.

CHAPTER III. DOUBTS AS TO GARFIELD'S COURSE.

CHAPTER IV. RECORDER OF DEEDS.

CHAPTER V. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S ADMINISTRATION.

CHAPTER VI. THE SUPREME COURT DECISION.

CHAPTER VII. DEFEAT OF JAMES G. BLAINE.

CHAPTER VIII. EUROPEAN TOUR.

CHAPTER IX. CONTINUATION OF EUKOPEAN TOUR.

CHAPTER X. THE CAMPAIGN OF 1888.

CHAPTER XI. ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT HARRISON.

CHAPTER XII. MINISTER TO HAITI.

CHAPTER XIII. CONTINUED NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE MÔLE ST. NICOLAS.

NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS.

My Bondage and My Freedom

LIFE AS A SLAVE.

LIFE AS A FREEMAN.

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

LIFE AS A SLAVE.

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My Bondage and My Freedom

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Title: Autobiographies : Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave / My Bondage and My Freedom / Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

Author: Frederick Douglass

Publisher: Pretorian Books, Ul. Hristo Samsarov, 9000 Varna

Date: 22.10.2019

PREFACE.

In the month of August, 1841, I attended an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket, at which it was my happiness to become acquainted with Frederick Douglass, the writer of the following Narrative. He was a stranger to nearly every member of that body; but, having recently made his escape from the southern prison-house of bondage, and feeling his curiosity excited to ascertain the principles and measures of the abolitionists,—of whom he had heard a somewhat vague description while he was a slave,—he was induced to give his attendance, on the occasion alluded to, though at that time a resident in New Bedford.

Fortunate, most fortunate occurrence!—fortunate for the millions of his manacled brethren, yet panting for deliverance from their awful thraldom!—fortunate for the cause of negro emancipation, and of universal liberty!—fortunate for the land of his birth, which he has already done so much to save and bless!—fortunate for a large circle of friends and acquaintances, whose sympathy and affection he has strongly secured by the many sufferings he has endured, by his virtuous traits of character, by his ever-abiding remembrance of those who are in bonds, as being bound with them!—fortunate for the multitudes, in various parts of our republic, whose minds he has enlightened on the subject of slavery, and who have been melted to tears by his pathos, or roused to virtuous indignation by his stirring eloquence against the enslavers of men!—fortunate for himself, as it at once brought him into the field of public usefulness, "gave the world assurance of a man," quickened the slumbering energies of his soul, and consecrated him to the great work of breaking the rod of the oppressor, and letting the oppressed go free!

I shall never forget his first speech at the convention—the extraordinary emotion it excited in my own mind—the powerful impression it created upon a crowded auditory, completely taken by surprise—the applause which followed from the beginning to the end of his felicitous remarks. I think I never hated slavery so intensely as at that moment; certainly, my perception of the enormous outrage which is inflicted by it, on the godlike nature of its victims, was rendered far more clear than ever. There stood one, in physical proportion and stature commanding and exact—in intellect richly endowed—in natural eloquence a prodigy—in soul manifestly "created but a little lower than the angels"—yet a slave, ay, a fugitive slave,—trembling for his safety, hardly daring to believe that on the American soil, a single white person could be found who would befriend him at all hazards, for the love of God and humanity! Capable of high attainments as an intellectual and moral being—needing nothing but a comparatively small amount of cultivation to make him an ornament to society and a blessing to his race by the law of the land, by the voice of the people, by the terms of the slave code, he was only a piece of property, a beast of burden, a chattel personal, nevertheless!