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Knickerbocker Classics eBook Series

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  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave

    by Frederick Douglass ...
    Series series Knickerbocker Classics
    Former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass, in his own wordsConsidered to be the most famous work written by a former slave, this memoir, first published in 1845 set the tone for the American abolitionist movement. Within four months of its publication, it had sold more than five thousand copies. The book not only describes Douglass' life as a slave, but it also reveals his tremendous ... Read more

    R251,15

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  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

    by Frederick Douglass ...
    ️ "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." ️ Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is one of the most powerful and enduring autobiographies ever written—a firsthand account of oppression, resistance, and the unbreakable spirit of freedom. Published in 1845, this landmark work chronicles Douglass's journey from enslavement to emancipation, detailing his early ... Read more

    R19,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Essential Writings

    by Frederick Douglass ...
    Frederick Douglass was born in 1817 and lived for ten years as a slave upon a Maryland plantation. Then he was bought by a Baltimore shipbuilder. He learned to read, and, being attracted by "The Lady of the Lake," when he escaped in 1838 and went disguised as a sailor to New Bedford, Mass., he adopted the name Douglas (spelling it with two s's, however). He lived for several years in New Bedford, ... Read more

    R29,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Voices Out of Slavery

    23 First-Hand Accounts of American Slavery

    by Various ...
    VOICES OUT OF SLAVERY is a collection of twenty-three slave narratives dating from the early 1700s to the 1860s.  All of these first-hand accounts of slavery provide valuable insight into the everyday lives of slaves, as well as incredible and disturbing descriptions of kidnappings, torture, and inhumane treatment.  While often disturbing, many of the narratives also include themes of overcoming ... Read more

    R33,16

  • Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom

    by Ellen Craft, William Craft ...
    Ellen Craft and William Craft were slaves from Georgia who escaped to the North in 1848. They became famous due to the daring way they made their escape. Ellen, being light skinned, passed herself off as a white male, with William as her servant, allowing them to basically travel openly by train and steamboat. They eventually emigrated to England where they lived for almost 20 years. Running a ... Read more

    R99,47

  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

    by Frederick Douglass ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, February 14, 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American abolitionist, women's suffragist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer. Called "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The Lion of Anacostia", Douglass is one of the most prominent figures in African-American history and United States history. In 1872, ... Read more

    Was R21,24 Now R18,45 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

    by Frederick Douglass, Gregory Stephens ...
    Frederick Douglass's dramatic autobiographical account of his early life as a slave in America.Born into a life of bondage, Frederick Douglass secretly taught himself to read and write. It was a crime punishable by death, but it resulted in one of the most eloquent indictments of slavery ever recorded. His gripping narrative takes us into the fields, cabins, and manors of pre–Civil War plantations ... Read more

    R83,59

  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave & Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

    by Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Jean Fagan Yellin, Margaret Fuller ...
    Series series Modern Library Classics
    Introduction by Kwame Anthony AppiahCommentary by Jean Fagan Yellin and Margaret FullerThis Modern Library edition combines two of the most important African American slave narratives—crucial works that each illuminate and inform the other.Frederick Douglass’s Narrative, first published in 1845, is an enlightening and incendiary text. Born into slavery, Douglass became the preeminent spokesman for ... Read more

    R83,59

  • Salem Witchcraft (Vol. 1&2)

    Including the History of the Conflicting Opinions on Witchcraft and Magic

    by Charles Wentworth Upham ...
    The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. The trials resulted in the executions of twenty people, fourteen of them women, and all but one by hanging. This two-volume edition gives an account of Salem village and a history of opinions on witchcraft and kindred subjects. The first ... Read more

    Was R39,00 Now R19,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tubman, Douglass, and Other Maryland Slave Narratives

    by Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Josiah Henson ...
    This book contains slave narratives from Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Reverend Noah Davis, Josiah Henson, James W. C. Pennington, John Thompson, and Henry Watson, all of whom had major connections to Maryland. It also contains twenty-two additional slave narratives collected by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) and two others.The difficulties of Harriet Tubman, often called “The Moses ... Read more

    R67,08

  • Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman (Autobiography)

    Enriched edition.

    by Austin Steward, Camille Bishop ...
    Austin Steward's autobiographical work 'Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman' is a poignant account of his life as an African American man living in the early 19th century. The book details his experiences as a slave for over two decades, highlighting the harsh realities of slavery and the resilience of the human spirit. Steward's narrative is imbued with raw emotion and vivid ... Read more

    R39,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From Canal Boy to President

    by Horatio Alger ...
    *** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS***Synopsis:From Canal Boy to President; or, The Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security ... Read more

    R16,65