Book Review on the life of Fredrick Douglass Frederick Douglass is often seen as the most prominent African- American orator, journalist, and anti-slavery leader of the nineteenth century. ... , Frederick Douglass began his journey into a life of slavery. ... Frederick later described his conflict with Covey as "the turning point of my 'life as a slave... Douglass wrote his narrative when he was around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years of age. In his narrative he includes vivid descriptions and horrifying stories of life as a slave....

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Book Review Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas: An American Slave Written by Himself Introduction: Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born around 1818 into slavery in Talbot Country, Maryland. ... Later in his life Douglass chooses to celebrate it on February 14. ... It was at the Auld home that Frederick Douglass first acquired the skills that would vault him to national celebrity. ... (Ch. 5,  A Narrative). ... American author, abolitionist, and lecturer, Douglas wrote three autobiographies during his life-time;  A Narrative on the Life of Frederick Douglass, an...

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He lived a normal life for a Negro at that time. ... At the age of six, Ralph began to attend Frederick Douglass Elementary School in Oklahoma City. ... "When I was struggling with a quite different narrative,"" said Ellison about the new book, "it announced itself in what were to become the opening words on its prologue."" ... Random House went on to publish Going to the Territory, a second collection of essays, address, and reviews, in 1986. ... The high point in the book was when the narrator loses all his vision about a success life in the world. ...

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• Grade Level: High School