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Bedford books in American historyBlight, David W.
Summary: Slave narratives are extremely rare, with only 55 post-Civil War narratives surviving. A mere handful are first-person accounts by slaves who ran away and freed themselves. Now two newly uncovered narratives join that exclusive group. Handed down through family and friends, they tell gripping stories of escape: Through a combination of intelligence, daring, and sheer luck, the men reached the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7115 BLIBlight, David W
Summary: "The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era. As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fortunate to have been taught to read by his slave...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 DOUCopies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOUGLASS, FREDERICK BLICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B DOUGLASS BLIDouglass, Frederick
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press 1993