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Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass-A critical Analysis 'By common consent Douglass' Narr... more Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass-A critical Analysis 'By common consent Douglass' Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass' (1845) is recognised as the best among the many slave narratives that appeared with increasing frequency during the years proceeding the Civil War' (Gibson, 1985, p549). At the time of writing Douglass, deeply involved in the Anti-Slavery society of Massachusetts, retold his experiences of a life of enslavement as well as his eventual escape to freedom disguised as a sailor. Douglass recounts his life, born an enslaved mulatto who goes from plantation to urban work to fugitive with an overwhelming revulsion to the institution of slavery and the degradation and violence that goes hand in hand with it.
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