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Life and times of Frederick Douglass

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Original author: Frederick Douglass

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"Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape..." by Frederick Douglass is an autobiography published in 1881 and revised in 1892. This third and final autobiography reveals details about Douglass's enslavement and escape that were too dangerous to share earlier. It chronicles his entire life, from childhood memories with his grandparents through his experiences during and after the Civil War, including encounters with Presidents Lincoln and Garfield, and his service as U.S. Marshall of the District of Columbia.

Life and times of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #71893.

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46 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter1,743 words
  2. 2.Appendix134 words
  3. 3.Introduction3,138 words
  4. 4.Chapter I: Author’s Birth934 words
  5. 5.Chapter II: Removal From Grandmother’s1,530 words
  6. 6.Chapter III: Troubles of Childhood1,165 words
  7. 7.Chapter IV3,071 words
  8. 8.Chapter V: A Slaveholder’s Character1,803 words
  9. 9.Chapter VI: A Child’s Reasoning2,912 words
  10. 10.Chapter VII: Luxuries at the Great House2,579 words
  11. 11.Chapter VIII: Characteristics of Overseers1,661 words
  12. 12.Chapter IX: Change of Location2,485 words
  13. 13.Chapter X: Learning to Read1,735 words
  14. 14.Chapter XI: Growing in Knowledge2,730 words
  15. 15.Chapter XII: Religious Nature Awakened2,637 words
  16. 16.Chapter XIII: The Vicissitudes of Slave Life2,851 words
  17. 17.Chapter XIV: Experience in St. Michaels4,609 words
  18. 18.Chapter XV: Covey, the Negro Breaker4,946 words
  19. 19.Chapter XVI: Another Pressure of the Tyrant’s Vice2,838 words
  20. 20.Chapter XVII: The Last Flogging4,522 words
  21. 21.Chapter XVIII: New Relations and Duties3,546 words
  22. 22.Chapter XIX: The Runaway Plot8,512 words
  23. 23.Chapter XX: Apprenticeship Life4,467 words
  1. 24.Chapter XXI: Escape From Slavery2,767 words
  2. 25.Chapter I: Escape From Slavery1,948 words
  3. 26.Chapter II: Life as a Freeman5,257 words
  4. 27.Chapter III: Introduced to the Abolitionists1,848 words
  5. 28.Chapter IV: Recollections of Old Friends2,362 words
  6. 29.Chapter V: One Hundred Conventions2,262 words
  7. 30.Chapter VI: Impressions Abroad10,437 words
  8. 31.Chapter VII: Triumphs and Trials4,584 words
  9. 32.Chapter VIII: John Brown and Mrs. Stowe7,950 words
  10. 33.Chapter IX: Increasing Demands of the Slave Power8,153 words
  11. 34.Chapter X: The Beginning of the End7,455 words
  12. 35.Chapter XI: Secession and War6,785 words
  13. 36.Chapter XII: Hope for the Nation8,799 words
  14. 37.Chapter XIII: Vast Changes9,824 words
  15. 38.Chapter XIV: Living and Learning3,285 words
  16. 39.Chapter XV: Weighed in the Balance (1)8,739 words
  17. 40.Chapter XV: Weighed in the Balance (2)3,461 words
  18. 41.Chapter XVI: “time Makes All Things Even.”5,185 words
  19. 42.Chapter XVII: Incidents and Events5,118 words
  20. 43.Chapter XVIII: “honor to Whom Honor.”3,432 words
  21. 44.Chapter XIX: Retrospection1,150 words
  22. 45.Conclusion1,076 words
  23. 46.Appendix10,467 words