Frederick Douglass (1818–1895)
Auteur van Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Over de Auteur
Born a slave in Maryland in about 1817, Frederick Douglass never became accommodated to being held in bondage. He secretly learned to read, although slaves were prohibited from doing so. He fought back against a cruel slave-breaker and finally escaped to New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1838 at about toon meer the age of 21. Despite the danger of being sent back to his owner if discovered, Douglass became an agent and eloquent orator for the Massachusetts Antislavery Society. He lectured extensively in both England and the United States. As an ex-slave, his words had tremendous impact on his listeners. In 1845 Douglass wrote his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, which increased his fame. Concerned that he might be sent back to slavery, he went to Europe. He spent two years in England and Ireland speaking to antislavery groups. Douglass returned to the United States a free man and settled in Rochester, New York, where he founded a weekly newspaper, The North Star, in 1847. In the newspaper he wrote articles supporting the antislavery cause and the cause of human rights. He once wrote, "The lesson which [the American people] must learn, or neglect to do so at their own peril, is that Equal Manhood means Equal Rights, and further, that the American people must stand for each and all for each without respect to color or race." During the Civil War, Douglass worked for the Underground Railroad, the secret route of escape for slaves. He also helped recruit African-Americans soldiers for the Union army. After the war, he continued to write and to speak out against injustice. In addition to advocating education for freed slaves, he served in several government posts, including United States representative to Haiti. In 1855, a longer version of his autobiography appeared, and in 1895, the year of Douglass's death, a completed version was published. A best-seller in its own time, it has since become available in numerous editions and languages. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: Photo circa 1865-1880
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(Brady-Handy Photograph Collection,
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Werken van Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave (Bedford Books in American History) (1993) 971 exemplaren
Frederick Douglass : Autobiographies : Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave / My Bondage and… (1994) 581 exemplaren
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave & Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Modern Library… (1845) 290 exemplaren
Frederick Douglass on Slavery and the Civil War: Selections from His Writings (Dover Thrift Editions) (2003) 79 exemplaren
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Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass : authoritative text, contexts, criticism (1997) 50 exemplaren
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Second Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) (1656) 43 exemplaren
Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave, and other writings (2008) 33 exemplaren
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and Other Works (Word Cloud Classics) (2013) 33 exemplaren
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The Collected Works of Frederick Douglass (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (2009) 9 exemplaren
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Lighter moments 4 exemplaren
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The Complete Works of Frederick Douglass: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom, Life… (2018) 3 exemplaren
Oration, Delivered in Corinthian Hall, Rochester — Auteur — 3 exemplaren
The Mind and Heart of Frederick Douglass: Escerpts from Speeches of the Great Negro Orator (1968) 3 exemplaren
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American slave : with Irish letters and speeches and his lecture on… (2011) 3 exemplaren
Avenida Brasil : curso básico de Português para estrangeiros [1] Glossar Portugiesisch - Deutsch (1992) 3 exemplaren
The Frederick Douglass Papers: Series Three: Correspondence, Volume 3: 1866-1880 (2023) 2 exemplaren
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (Annotated): This Edition Includes John Brown Address at Harper's Ferry (2019) 2 exemplaren
Narrativa da vida de Frederick Douglas 2 exemplaren
Relato da vida de Frederick Douglass - Um escravo americano (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2019) 2 exemplaren
African American Heritage Anthology #1 : Up From Slavery; The Negro Problem; Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl;… (2017) 2 exemplaren
One of the Noblest, Wisest, and Best Men: Frederick Douglass on Abraham Lincoln, 1880, a Manuscript from the Gilder… (2008) 2 exemplaren
Narración de la vida de Frederick Douglass, un esclavo americano (Escrita por él mismo) (Spanish Edition) (2021) 1 exemplaar
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The Frederick Douglass Papers: Series Four: Journalism and Other Writings, Volume 1 (2022) 1 exemplaar
Frederick Douglass Complete Autobiographies: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass | My Bondage and My Freedom |… (2022) 1 exemplaar
FREDERICK DOUGLASS Ultimate Collection: Autobiographies, 50 Speeches, Articles & Letters: The Future of the Colored… (2018) 1 exemplaar
Frederick Douglas on Women's Rights 1 exemplaar
ENFIN LIBRE 1 exemplaar
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Breeding for Profit: American Slave Breeding (True Stories of American Slave Breeding by those that Witnessed) (2015) 1 exemplaar
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The Message from Mount Misery 1 exemplaar
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Pioneers of black liberation : writings from the early African-American champions of civil rights and racial equality (2013) 1 exemplaar
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The Frederick Douglass Papers: Volume 4, Series One: Speeches, Debates, and Interviews, 1864-80 (The Frederick Douglass… (1991) 1 exemplaar
The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass, Vol. 2: Pre-Civil War Decade 1850-1860 (1975) 1 exemplaar
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My Escape from Slavery and Other Works by Frederick Douglass (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (2009) 1 exemplaar
The Rights of Women 1 exemplaar
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 2e & How the Other Half Lives & 9/11 Commision Report & Movements of the… (2007) 1 exemplaar
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Civil War 1 exemplaar
Three addresses on the relations subsisting between the white and colored people of the United States 1 exemplaar
The claims of the Negro, ethnologically considered : an address before the literary societies of Western Reserve… (1854) 1 exemplaar
Från träldom till frihet : Negerslafven Fredrik Douglass lefnadsöden skildrade af honom själf 1 exemplaar
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Het Levensverhaal van Frederick Douglass, Autobiografie van de belangrijkste strijder tegen de slavernij
Reeds lang heb ik een grote interesse in geschiedenis en de laatste jaren is deze geëvolueerd naar een interesse in het verleden van de ’gewone mens’. Verhalen over keizers en koningen hebben we voldoende kunnen aanhoren op de schoolbanken of bekijken op een net iets meer cultureel televisiekanaal. Hoe het alledaagse leven van onze voorouders verliep is natuurlijk moeilijker in woord en beeld te brengen daar er vroeger quasi enkel over de groten der aarde werd verhaald.
Wanneer de Amerikaanse geschiedschrijving dan ook nog eens karig is met informatie over enkele van haar donkerste bladzijden uit haar eigen verleden, is het een verlichting om een heruitgave van de autobiografie van de slaaf Frederik Douglass te lezen.
Het boek begint met enkele voorwoorden: een eerste van de uitgeverij, een tweede van dr. Laura Visser-Maessen die het over de geschiedenis van dit boek heeft, een derde van William Lloyd Garrison, een tijdgenoot van Douglass, en een vierde van Wendell Phillips, een vriend van de auteur. Deze 4 inleidingen zijn boeiend omdat ze ons een duidelijk kader geven van de 19de eeuwse strijd tussen voor- en tegenstanders van de slavernij. Tevens wordt de lezer langzaam meegenomen naar de Amerikaanse plantages, de slaven en hun miserabele bestaan.
Het kan niet anders of het Levensverhaal van Frederick Douglass is een hard boek vol ontbering, vernedering en ontmenselijking. Douglass vertelt zijn leven zoals het was: zonder overdrijven, zonder franjes. Op sommige pagina’s voel je zijn wanhoop, zijn smachten naar vrijheid en dan weer zijn moed, een lichtpunt, een sprankeltje hoop. Door zijn hoge intelligentie heeft Douglass het moeilijker dan andere slaven; de zelfmoordgedachten zijn dikwijls ook niet veraf. Gelukkig is het voordeel als lezer dat je weet dat het verhaal voor hem goed afloopt: hij neemt op 20-jarige leeftijd de vlucht naar de vrijheid.
Deze waarheidsgetrouwe autobiografie vertelt niet alleen het verhaal van een man die zijn slavenbestaan ontvlucht maar doet tevens een licht schijnen op de onvoorstelbare 300 jaar durende slavernij. Een boek dat tot nadenken stemt en nog lang blijft nazinderen.… (meer)