narrative of the life of frederick douglass an american slave by frederick douglass

Achieving literacy emboldens Douglass to resist, escape, and ultimately achieve his freedom. Toni Morrison and Angela Davis talking about the book at the New York Public Library on Octoin a 2-hour film. A masterpiece of African American literature, Frederick Douglass’s Narrative is the powerful story of an enslaved youth coming into social and moral consciousness by disobeying his white slavemasters and secretly teaching himself to read. ISBN: 9780872865273 | City Lights Related Resource An important new edition of an American classic. And in an extended introductory essay written for this edition, Davis comments on previous editions of the “Narrative” and re-examines Douglass through a contemporary feminist perspective. With detailed attention to Douglass’s text, she interrogates the legacy of slavery and shares timeless lessons about oppression, resistance, and freedom. In two philosophical lectures originally delivered at UCLA in autumn 1969, Davis focuses on Douglass’s intellectual and spiritual awakening, and the importance of self-knowledge in achieving freedom from all forms of oppression.

In this new critical edition, legendary activist and feminist scholar Angela Davis sheds new light on the legacy of Frederick Douglass. After escaping slavery, Douglass became a leader in the anti-slavery and women’s rights movements, a bestselling author, and U.S. A masterpiece of African American literature, Frederick Douglass’s “Narrative” is the powerful story of an enslaved youth coming into social and moral consciousness by disobeying his white slavemasters and secretly teaching himself to read.

Narrative of the life of frederick douglass an american slave by frederick douglass