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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
by
Frederick Douglass
W
Wisehouse Classics
Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Unabridged, slightly corrected republication of the work first published as NARRATIVE OF THE
LIFE OF
FREDERICK
DOUGLASS
, AN
AMERICAN
SLAVE
by the Anti-Slavery Office (No. 25 Cornhill), Boston, 1845.
Cover photo Frederick Douglass
Published by Wisehouse Classics – Sweden
ISBN 978-91-7637-062-9
Wisehouse Classics is a Wisehouse Imprint.
© Wisehouse 2015 – Sweden
www.wisehouse-publishing.com
© Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photographing, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher.
Contents
THE PREFACE
LETTER FROM WENDELL PHILLIPS, ESQ.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
APPENDIX
NOTES
THE PREFACE
I
N 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 ............

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