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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Slavery and Freedom: Frederick Douglass

For Students 10th - 12th
This concise biography presents author/journalist Frederick Douglass, who was groundbreaking in his slave narratives and establishing "The North Star" abolitionist periodical in mid-nineteenth-century America. See "Frederick Douglass...
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Washington State University

Washington State University: Douglass and Development of Slave Narrative

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are lecture notes on Frederick Douglass and the slave narrative. Learn about the style and content of slave narratives by looking specifically at the characteristics of Douglass' "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" (1845),...