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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
"Now," said he, "if you teach that nigger (speaking of myself) how
to read, there would be no keeping him. It would forever unfit him
to be a slave. He would at once become unmanageable, and of no
value to his master. As to himself, it would do him no good, but a
great deal of harm. It would make him discontented and unhappy."
These words sank deep into my heart, stirred up sentiments within
that lay slumbering, and called into existence an entirely new
train of thought. It was a new and special revelation... -from
Chapter VI It may be a measure of how far we have come, as a nation
and as human beings, to feel shock to realize that one of the
greatest Americans ever to have graced the cultural stage-editor,
orator, author, statesman, and reformer FREDERICK DOUGLASS
(1818-1895)-was born into bondage, merely by dint of the color of
his skin. Taught to read and write by the wife of his owner,
however, he escaped into an intellectual world that would become
his extraordinary battleground for the freedom of those enslaved
and, indeed, for the future of the United States. This work, first
published in 1845, is the first of three autobiographies Douglass
penned, and it became one of the most influential documents of a
life in slavery ever written, as well as a powerful spur to the
then-burgeoning abolitionist movement. From his childhood of abuse,
neglect, and separation from family to his dramatic escape to the
North, this is a stunning work of both literature and politics. An
absolute classic not only of African-American history but of the
history of the advance of human civilization, this is essential
reading for anyone wishing to understand the turbulent story of the
United States in the 19th century.
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