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Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass

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Author
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Title
Life and times of Frederick Douglass : His early life as a slave, his escape from bondage, and his complete history
Original Publication
United States: Park Publishing Co., 1881.
Credits
Emmanuel Ackerman, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)
Subject
Plantation life -- Maryland -- History -- 19th century
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 71893
Release Date
October 16, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
  5. 5.LIFE AS A SLAVE.
  6. 6.CHAPTER I. AUTHOR’S BIRTH.
  7. 7.CHAPTER II. REMOVAL FROM GRANDMOTHER’S.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. TROUBLES OF CHILDHOOD.
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV. A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE SLAVE PLANTATION.
  10. 10.CHAPTER V. A SLAVEHOLDER’S CHARACTER.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI. A CHILD’S REASONING.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII. LUXURIES AT THE GREAT HOUSE.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII CHARACTERISTICS OF OVERSEERS.
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX. CHANGE OF LOCATION.
  15. 15.CHAPTER X. LEARNING TO READ.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI. GROWING IN KNOWLEDGE.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII. RELIGIOUS NATURE AWAKENED.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. THE VICISSITUDES OF SLAVE LIFE.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. EXPERIENCE IN ST. MICHAELS.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV. COVEY, THE NEGRO BREAKER.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. ANOTHER PRESSURE OF THE TYRANT’S VICE.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. THE LAST FLOGGING.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. NEW RELATIONS AND DUTIES.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. THE RUNAWAY PLOT.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX. APPRENTICESHIP LIFE.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY.
  27. 27.Untitled
  28. 28.SECOND PART
  29. 29.CHAPTER I. ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY.
  30. 30.CHAPTER II. LIFE AS A FREEMAN.
  31. 31.CHAPTER III. INTRODUCED TO THE ABOLITIONISTS.
  32. 32.CHAPTER IV. RECOLLECTIONS OF OLD FRIENDS.
  33. 33.CHAPTER V. ONE HUNDRED CONVENTIONS.
  34. 34.CHAPTER VI. IMPRESSIONS ABROAD.
  35. 35.CHAPTER VII. TRIUMPHS AND TRIALS.
  36. 36.CHAPTER VIII. JOHN BROWN AND MRS. STOWE.
  37. 37.CHAPTER IX. INCREASING DEMANDS OF THE SLAVE POWER.
  38. 38.CHAPTER X. THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XI. SECESSION AND WAR
  40. 40.CHAPTER XII. HOPE FOR THE NATION.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XIII. VAST CHANGES.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XIV. LIVING AND LEARNING.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XV. WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XVI. “TIME MAKES ALL THINGS EVEN.”
  45. 45.CHAPTER XVII. INCIDENTS AND EVENTS.
  46. 46.CHAPTER XVIII. “HONOR TO WHOM HONOR.”
  47. 47.CHAPTER XIX. RETROSPECTION.
  48. 48.APPENDIX. — Transcriber’s Notes

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