{"product_id":"2940012958983","title":"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Illustrated with Original Commentary)","description":"With the possible exception of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., no African American has been more instrumental in the fight for minorities’ civil rights in the United States than Frederick Douglass 1818–1895), an American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. His list of accomplishments would be impressive enough even without taking into account the fact that he was born into slavery. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Douglass was about 12, his slaveowner’s wife Sophia Auld began teaching him the alphabet in defiance of the South’s laws against teaching slaves how to read. Douglass went on to teach himself how to read and write with his knowledge of the alphabet. On September 3, 1838, Douglass successfully escaped slavery by traveling by boat to Delaware, Philadelphia, and finally New York, all in the span of a day. Douglass found a “new world had opened upon me.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf all his speeches and writings, his most famous are his autobiographies. The first was Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, published in 1845 and still his best-known work. With vivid description and detail, the autobiography describes the events of Douglass’ life in chains and his newfound freedom, becoming one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave is specially formatted with a Table of Contents, an original introduction, and dozens of images of Douglass’ life and times.","brand":"Charles River Editors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079068401904,"sku":"2940012958983","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012958983_p0.jpg?v=1763574436","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012958983","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}