Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

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abolitionist literature autobiography book slave narrative

"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave" is a landmark 1845 autobiography that powerfully recounts Douglass’s experiences in slavery and his journey to freedom, becoming a foundational work of American abolitionist literature.

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Label	Occurrences
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave canonical	9
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abolitionist literature ⓘ autobiography ⓘ book ⓘ slave narrative ⓘ
aim	to expose the realities of slavery ⓘ to support the abolitionist movement ⓘ
author	Douglass ⓘ surface form: Frederick Douglass
canonicalStatus	classic of American literature ⓘ foundational text of African American literature ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describes	Douglass’s acquisition of literacy ⓘ Douglass’s escape from slavery ⓘ Douglass’s resistance to slaveholders ⓘ Frederick Douglass’s childhood in slavery ⓘ physical brutality of slavery ⓘ psychological brutality of slavery ⓘ
firstPersonNarrator	Douglass ⓘ surface form: Frederick Douglass
followedBy	Life and Times of Frederick Douglass ⓘ My Bondage and My Freedom ⓘ
form	first-person narrative ⓘ
genre	abolitionist literature ⓘ autobiography ⓘ slave narrative ⓘ
hasLetterBy	Wendell Phillips ⓘ
hasPrefaceBy	William Lloyd Garrison ⓘ
includedIn	American literature curricula ⓘ
influenced	African American literature ⓘ American abolitionist discourse ⓘ civil rights thought ⓘ
literaryMovement	abolitionism ⓘ
notableTheme	dehumanization under slavery ⓘ power of education ⓘ self-emancipation ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
placeOfPublication	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston
publicationYear	1845 ⓘ
publisher	Anti-Slavery Office ⓘ
setting	American South (19th and early 20th centuries) ⓘ surface form: American South Baltimore ⓘ Maryland ⓘ
subjectMatter	African American history ⓘ abolitionism ⓘ freedom ⓘ human rights ⓘ literacy ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ
timePeriod	American South (colonial and early national periods) ⓘ surface form: antebellum United States early 19th century ⓘ
title	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave self-link ⓘ

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Douglass → wrote → Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave ⓘ

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American Renaissance → associatedWork → Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave ⓘ

this entity surface form: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass → relatedWork → Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave ⓘ

American abolitionist movement → notablePublication → Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave ⓘ

Frederick Douglass → notableWork → Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave ⓘ

Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey → notableWork → Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave ⓘ