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Pbs: Literature & Life: From Freedom to Slavery

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Some of the African-American writers and poets who spoke out eloquently about their experiences of slavery in the 1700s and 1800s are featured in this section of Literature & Life. Read powerful first-person accounts of Harriet Jacobs' life as a slave girl, or the autobiographical stories of the well-spoken Frederick Douglass.

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slavery, african american history, frederick douglass
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history of slavery, african american literature, african american slave, harriet jacobs, pbs, phillis wheatley, slavery system
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