Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself Critical Edition John R. McKivigan Peter P. Hinks Heather L. Kaufman EDITORS Gerald L. Fulkerson TEXTUAL EDITOR Rebecca A. Pattillo ASSISTANT EDITOR Kate Burzlaff, Alex Smith, and Andrew Willey RESEARCH ASSISTANTS Facing the title page: Frontispiece of 1845 edition of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself (Boston: Published at the Anti-Slavery Office, 1845). Wesleyan University Library, Special Collections and Archives. First edition 2001. Critical edition 2016. Copyright © 2001, 2016 by Yale University. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. This edition is based on The Frederick Douglass Papers, Series Two: Autobiographical Writings, Volume 1: Narrative, ed. John W. Blassingame, John R. McKivigan, and Peter P. Hinks (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999), published with assistance from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Yale University Press books may be purchased in quantity for educational, business, or promotional use. For information, please e-mail
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