Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass • 1845
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slavery memoir American history resistance
Our Take
Douglass wrote himself into existence with this narrative — every sentence a refutation of the system that claimed he was not fully human. The moment he fights back against Covey is one of the most important passages in American literature. He demolished slavery's intellectual foundations.
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