Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave & Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Mode Library Classics)

by: Frederick Douglass (Author),Harriet Jacobs(Author),Kwame Anthony Appiah(Introduction)&1more

Publisher: Mode Library

Publication Date: October 10, 2000

Language: English

Print Length: 432 pages

ISBN-10: 0679783288

ISBN-13: 9780679783282

Book Description

Introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah Commentary by Jean Fagan Yellin and Margaret Fuller  This Mode 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. Bo 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 bo 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 Mode Library Reading Group Guide
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Introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah Commentary by Jean Fagan Yellin and Margaret Fuller  This Mode 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. Bo 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 bo 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 Mode Library Reading Group Guide