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The Heroic Slave

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

The Heroic Slave

By Frederick Douglass

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About the book

First published nearly a decade prior to the Civil War, The Heroic Slave is the only fictional work by abolitionist, orator, author, and social reformer Frederick Douglass, himself a former slave. It is inspired by the true story of Madison Washington, who, along with eighteen others, took control of the slave ship Creole in November 1841 and sailed it to Nassau in the British colony of the Bahamas, where they could live free. This new critical edition, ideal for classroom use, includes the full...Show more

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9780300184624

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published year

2015

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1

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The Heroic Slave

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Paperback

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