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The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: From 1817-1882

Douglass’s third and last autobiography of his life as a slave, runaway, and then campaigner for the abolition of slavery. This edition is interesting because of the introduction by one of Britain’s leading classical liberal reformers, John Bright.

The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: From 1817-1882, written by himself; with an Introduction by the Right Hon. John Bright, ed. John Lobb (London: Christian Age Office, 1882).

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Author: Frederick Douglass
Editor: John Lobb
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
FIRST PART.: LIFE AS A SLAVE.
CHAPTER I.: BIRTH AND PARENTAGE.
CHAPTER II.: REMOVAL FROM GRANDMOTHER’S.
CHAPTER III.: TROUBLES OF CHILDHOOD.
CHAPTER IV.: A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE SLAVE PLANTATION.
CHAPTER V.: A SLAVEHOLDER’S CHARACTER.
CHAPTER VI.: A CHILD’S REASONING.
CHAPTER VII.: LUXURIES AT THE GREAT HOUSE.
CHAPTER VIII.: CHARACTERISTICS OF OVERSEERS.
CHAPTER IX.: CHANGE OF LOCATION.
CHAPTER X.: LEARNING TO READ.
CHAPTER XI.: GROWING IN KNOWLEDGE.
CHAPTER XII.: RELIGIOUS NATURE AWAKENED.
CHAPTER XIII.: THE VICISSITUDES OF SLAVE LIFE.
CHAPTER XIV.: EXPERIENCE IN ST. MICHAELS.
CHAPTER XV.: COVEY, THE NEGRO BREAKER.
CHAPTER XVI.: ANOTHER PRESSURE OF THE TYRANT’S VICE.
CHAPTER XVII.: THE LAST FLOGGING.
CHAPTER XVIII.: NEW RELATIONS AND DUTIES.
CHAPER XIX.: THE RUNAWAY PLOT.
CHAPTER XX.: APPRENTICESHIP LIFE.
CHAPTER XXI.: ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY.
SECOND PART.: ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY.
CHAPTER I.: ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY.
CHAPTER II.: LIFE AS A FREEMAN.
CHAPTER III.: INTRODUCED TO THE ABOLITIONISTS.
CHAPTER IV.: RECOLLECTIONS OF OLD FRIENDS.
CHAPTER V.: ONE HUNDRED CONVENTIONS.
CHAPTER VI.: IMPRESSIONS ABROAD.
CHAPTER VII.: TRIUMPHS AND TRIALS.
CHAPTER VIII.: JOHN BROWN AND MRS. STOWE.
CHAPTER IX.: INCREASING DEMANDS OF THE SLAVE POWER.
[Confidential.]
CHAPTER X.: THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
CHAPTER XI.: SECESSION AND WAR.
MEN OF COLOUR, TO ARMS.
THE BLACK MAN AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
CHAPTER XII.: HOPE FOR THE NATION.
CHAPTER XIII.: VAST CHANGES.
CHAPTER XIV.: LIVING AND LEARNING.
CHAPTER XV.: “WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE.”
The following is the substance of the oration delivered by me on the occasion of the unveiling of the freedmen’s monument, in memory of abraham lincoln, in lincoln park, washington, d. c., april 14, 1876.
CHAPTER XVI.: “TIME MAKES ALL THINGS EVEN.”
CHAPTER XVII.: INCIDENTS AND EVENTS.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
CHAPTER XVIII.: “HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR.”
CHAPTER XIX.
CONCLUSION.
APPENDIX A.
WEST INDIA EMANCIPATION.
APPENDIX B.
APPENDIX C.
The Rev. DAVID THOMAS, D.D., ON FREDERICK DOUGLASS and His Work.

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