Bibliograph

Frederick Douglass, a noble life, David A. Adler

Type

Label

Frederick Douglass, a noble life, David A. Adler

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-132) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Frederick Douglass

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

427543624

Responsibility statement

David A. Adler

Sub title

a noble life

Summary

When, in 1879, a bust in his likeness was placed at the University of Rochester, Frederick Douglass wrote: "Incidents of this character do much amaze me. It is not, however, the height to which I have risen, but the depth from which I have come that amazes me." This biography tells the story of his ascent from slavery

Table Of Contents

"I sobbed myself to sleep" -- "Many children but no family" -- "Why am I a slave?" -- "The turning point" -- "You rascal" -- New Bedford: "I had no master" -- The lecture circuit : "I can tell you what I have seen" -- "From house to house, and from heart to heart -- "What, to an American slave, is your 4th of July?" -- Foreshadowed a conflict on a larger scale -- "To arms!" -- "A sacred effort" -- "Young in liberty and old in slavery" -- The African-American : "like a man in a morass" -- "From first to last : a noble life" -- Important dates in the life of Frederick Douglass

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification