AchievementMay 1845· literature
Frederick Douglass publishes his Narrative
Douglass's autobiography becomes a landmark of American letters and the abolitionist cause.
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Primary sources·2
Primary source· Primary
Frederick Douglass Papers
Library of Congress
~7,400 items: correspondence, speeches, and writings of Frederick Douglass.
Primary source· Primary
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845, full text)
Frederick Douglass
The complete text of Douglass's landmark 1845 slave narrative.