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1 online resource |
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Open Media series
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Open Media book.
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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. Achieving literacy emboldens Douglass to resist, escape, and ultimately achieve his freedom. After escaping slavery, Douglass became a leader in the anti-slavery and women's rights movements, a bestselling author, and U.S. diplomat. In this new critical edition, legendary activist and feminist scholar Angela Davis sheds new light on the legacy of Frederick Douglass. 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. With detailed attention to Douglass's text, she interrogates the legacy of slavery and shares timeless lessons about oppression, resistance, and freedom. 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. An important new edition of an American classic. |
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Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed March 28, 2016). |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJghtDHmpRrTjPmQVHYVmd |
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African American abolitionists -- Biography.
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Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography.
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Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography.
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Slavery -- United States -- History.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- American -- African American. |
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Abolitionists |
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African American abolitionists |
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Slavery |
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Enslaved persons |
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Davis, Angela Y.
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Print version: 9780872865273 0872865274 (DLC) 2009032955 (OCoLC)318876933 |
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9780872865846 (electronic bk.) |
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0872865843 (electronic bk.) |
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9780872865273 (pbk.) |
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0872865274 |
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EB00663215 Recorded Books |
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