Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveBarnes & Noble Classics, 2003 - 126 ページ In the most seminal slave narrative ever written, Frederick Douglass writes, "From my earliest recollection, I date the entertainment of a deep conviction that slavery would not always be able to hold me within its foul embrace and in the darkest hours of my career in slavery, this living word of faith and spirit of hope departed not from me, but remained like ministering angels to cheer me through the gloom." Reading this narrative is to witness the birth of new literary presence, one that counts W.E.B. Du Bois, Ralph Ellison, Angela Davis, and Toni Morrison among its progeny. |
他の版 - すべて表示
多く使われている語句
Abolitionist anti-slavery Auld Baltimore Bedford blood calking called Captain Thomas Auld Chesapeake Bay Christianity Colonel Lloyd's plantation Colonel Lloyd's slaves colored commenced Covey Covey's cowskin cruel cruelty DAVID RUGGLES death Demby Edward Covey emancipation escape fact feel fellow-slaves felt Frederick Douglass freedom Freeland friends fugitive Gardner's gave give Gore Hamilton hands handspike head hear heart heavenly union Henry hired hold horrid horses House Farm human killed knew lash lived Lloyd look Lucretia Maryland Master Hugh Master Thomas Michael's mind mistress morning mother Narrative never nigger night old master overseer painful Pharisees poor prayer received religion Ruggles Sabbath school seemed seen seldom ship-yard slaveholders slavery sloop soon soul spirit stood succeeded suffered Talbot county thing thought tion told took week whip whole woman woods word young