Frederick douglass and harriet jacobs5/22/2023 ![]() Perhaps the most famous of all slave chronicles, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass immediately struck a chord with readers when it was first released in 1855. Before returning to his family and freedom, he suffered smallpox, the overseer’s lash, and an attempted lynching. Northup was born and raised a freeman in New York State-until he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Deep South. The basis for the film of the same name, Twelve Years a Slave is Solomon Northup’s heartrending chronicle of injustice and brutality. Much has been written about this shameful era of American history, but few books speak with as much power as the narratives written by those who experienced slavery firsthand. ![]() ![]() Until slavery was abolished in 1865, millions of men, women, and children toiled under a system that stripped them of their freedom and their humanity. Four of the most important and enduring American slave narratives together in one volume. ![]()
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