Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave & Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl...

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Frederick Douglass Harriet Jacobs

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave & Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Kwame Anthony Appiah

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Modern Library Inc
15 December 2000

Slavery & abolition of slavery; Black & Asian studies

Series: Modern Library Classics

The two great nineteenth-century slave narratives in one volume, with an introduction by Anthony Appiah.

Introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah

Commentary by Jean Fagan Yellin and Margaret Fuller

This Modern Library edition combines two of the most important African American slave narratives-crucial works that each illuminate and inform the other.

Frederick Douglass's Narrative, first published in 1845, is an enlightening and incendiary text. Born into slavery, Douglass became the preeminent spokesman for his people during his life; his narrative is an unparalleled account of the dehumanizing effects of slavery and Douglass's own triumph over it.

Like Douglass, Harriet Jacobs was born into slavery, and in 1861 she published Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, now recognized as the most comprehensive antebellum slave narrative written by a woman. Jacobs's account broke the silence on the exploitation of African American female slaves, and it remains essential reading.

Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide

By: Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs
Introduction by: Kwame Anthony Appiah
Imprint: Modern Library Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9780679783282
ISBN 10: 0679783288
Series: Modern Library Classics
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 15 December 2000
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kwame Anthony Appiah teaches at Princeton University. His works include In My Father's House and Cosmopolitanism.