Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave / written by himself.
Call Number
N-005962
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc8c97m464s
Publisher
Rochester [N.Y.] : Printed at the North Star Office, 1848.
Language
English
Date Created
1848-1847
Extent
xvi, 125, [1] pages ; 16 cm
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Title and imprint taken from printed upper cover. Title page reads: Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave. Written by himself. Boston: Published at the Anti-Slavery Office, No. 25 Cornhill, 1847.
Published by Douglass as a reissue of the 1847 edition sheets with a binding of quarter calf and green printed paper over boards.
"Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845 ..."--Title page verso.
Preface (p. [iii]-xii) signed: Wm. Lloyd Garrison.
"Letter from Wendell Phillips, Esq."--Page [xiii]-xvi.
Last page blank.
Advertisement on lower cover.

Discovery Information

Subject
Douglass, Frederick 1818-1895
Enslaved persons—United States—Biography
Abolitionists—United States—Biography
African American abolitionists—Biography
Slave narratives
Autobiographies
Quarter bindings
Leather bindings
Printed paper bindings

Physical Characteristics

File Count
150

Institutional Information

Collection
Black History and Culture Evergreen Initiative
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/ead6a9b4-0ecc-4354-9a9b-1d6033bbdb19/manifest