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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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The escape he withheld.

Read the 1845 Narrative beside the schoolbook Douglass recalled, the 1793 law and his later account of escape.

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Boston, Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. Complete Narrative with original front matter and Appendix; UNC Documenting the American South. Three separately identified historical documents accompany Chapters VII and XI.

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