Born into slavery, Douglass teaches himself to read and fights for freedom — essential American history.
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The book that put a face, a name, and an unimpeachable voice on the crime of American slavery—Frederick Douglass's Narrative is one of the most important books ever written on this continent.
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I was born in Tuckahoe, near Hillsborough, and about twelve miles from Easton, in Talbot county, Maryland. I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of…
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