![]() A near fine copy, only slightly dimmed at the spine. Frontispiece portrait of Douglass with a tissue guard. Lee Library Language English 1 Notes No Title or Copyright pages. This version also lists co-publishers in Chicago, Cleveland, and San Francisco. The life and times of Frederick Douglass by Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 Publication date 1881 Topics Antislavery movements, Slavery Publisher Harford, Conn : Park Publishing Collection americana Digitizing sponsor Brigham Young University Contributor Harold B. 598 and the last chapter called "Retrospection" (it is untitled in some versions). There are at least three different editions of this 1882 version of the autobiography, with page counts of 516, 564, and this 618-page version, with a plate of Lincoln opposite p. ![]() With an appendix printing two speeches by Douglass, one given at the unveiling of the Freedmen's Monument (1876) and another on the end of slavery in the West Indies (1880). This version of the autobiography, first published in 1881, describes Douglass's life and work after the Civil War and his encounters with Presidents Lincoln, Grant, and Garfield. So academically, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass is a masterpiece but if one is reading for entertainment, this book is not for you. ![]() ![]() ![]() Life and Times is Douglass's third autobiography, following his Narrative (1845) and My Bondage, My Freedom (1855). ![]()
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