Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
INTRODUCTION: "A PSALM OF FREEDOM"
PART I. THE DOCUMENT
A Note About the Text
Preface by William Lloyd Garrison, May 1, 1845
Letter from Wendell Phillips, Esq., April 22, 1845
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself
PART II. SELECTED REVIEWS, DOCUMENTS, AND SPEECHES
Caleb Bingham, "Dialogue Between a Master and a Slave," in
The Columbian Orator 1797
Margaret Fuller, Review of
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, New York
Tribune, June 10, 1845
Ephraim Peabody, "Narratives of Fugitive Slaves," excerpt,
Christian Examiner, July 1849
Nathaniel P. Rogers, "Southern Slavery and Northern Religion: Two Addresses" delivered in Concord, New Hampshire, February 11, 1844, as reported in Concord, N.H.
Herald of Freedom, February 16, 1844
Frederick Douglass, "My Slave Experience in Maryland," an address delivered in New York City, May 6, 1845, as recorded in
National Antislavery Standard, May 22, 1845
Frederick Douglass, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" speech delivered in Rochester, New York, July 5, 1852
APPENDIXES
A Frederick Douglass Chronology (1818–1895)
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography
Index