Autobiography1845

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Frederick Douglass
Overview
Region

Diaspora

USA

Era

Pre-colonial Oral Traditions

Language

English

Genre

Autobiography

About This Work

Douglass's first autobiography detailing his life as a slave and his escape to freedom, becoming a powerful abolitionist text.

Literary Significance

Most famous slave narrative; transformed abolitionist movement

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