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Frederick Douglass

Washington, Booker T.

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording

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Chapters

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01 - Ch. 1: Frederick Douglass, The Slave (29:01)
02 - Ch. 2: Back to Plantation-Life (34:52)
03 - Ch. 3: Escape From Slavery: Learning the Ways of Freedom (24:10)
04 - Ch. 4 Beginning of His Public Career (23:57)
05 - Ch. 5 Slavery and Anti-Slavery (28:04)
06 - Ch. 6 Seeks Refuge in Englsnd (31:18)
07 - Ch. 7 Home Again as a Freeman - New Problems and New Triumphs (40:10)
08 - Ch. 8 Free Colored People and Colonization (29:10)
09 - Ch. 9 The Underground Railway and the Fugitive Slave Law (29:51)
10 - Ch. 10 Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown (36:43)
11 - Ch. 11 Forebodings of the Crisis (39:44)
12 - Ch. 12 Douglass's Service in the Civil War, pt. 1 (28:58)
13 - Ch. 12 Douglass's Service in the Civil War, pt. 2 (21:16)
14 - Ch. 13 Early Problems of Freedom, pt. 1 (26:42)
15 - Ch. 13 Early Problems of Freedom, pt. 2 (23:48)
16 - Ch. 14 Sharing the Responsibilities and Honors of Freedom, pt.1 (25:55)
17 - Ch. 14 Sharing the Responsibilities and Honors of Freedom, pt. 2 (24:26)
18 - Ch. 15 Further Evidences of Popular Esteem, with Glimpses into the Past, pt.1 (31:53)
19 - Ch. 15 Further Evidences of Popular Esteem, with Glimpses into the Past, pt.2 (27:46)
20 - Ch. 16 Final Honors to the Living and Tributes to the Dead (32:46)

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