2004-09
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DOUGLASS, Frederick (1818-1895) Abolitionist, writer, and orator. Born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey on Maryland's Eastern Shore in 1818, he was the son of a slave woman and, probably, her white master. Upon his escape from slavery at age 20, he adopted the name of the hero of Sir Walter Scott's The Lady of the Lake. Douglass immortalized his years as a slave in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845). This and two subsequent autobiographies, My Bondage and My Freedom (1855) and The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881), mark his greatest contributions to American culture. Written as antislavery propaganda and personal revelation, they are regarded as the finest examples of the slave narrative tradition and as classics of American autobiography. Partly-printed Document Signed, “Fred’k Douglass”, 1p. small quarto, May 14, 1878, U.S. Marshal’s Office, Washington City, D.C., addressed to Warden Crocker in the U.S. Jail, asking for the release of several prisoners so they can be brought before the judge. Small stains at corners, else VG.
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