description: This volume, the most famous of all slave narratives, written by the most towering black figure of the nineteenth century, is both literature and historical analysis. In a well-crafted prose, Douglass provides a true glimpse of the brutal experience of slavery in ante-bellum America. Douglass has left an indispensable legacy for modern day readers in helping them understand what it's like to be "broken in body, soul, and spirit" yet rise above unimaginable adversity to become an outstanding orator.
language: English
title: Narrative of the Life of An American Slave
titlecomplete: Narrative of the Life of An American Slave
characters: Frederick Douglass
genres: Memoir, Autobiography, African American, Race, Nonfiction, Classics, History, School, American History, Biography
ratings_count: 119377
places: The United States of America, Maryland
series: Voices of the African Diaspora, The Autobiographies
publisher: Transaction Pub Large Print