Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
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NARRATIVE
OF THE
LIFE
OF
FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
AN
AMERICAN SLAVE.
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
BOSTON:
PUBLISHED AT THE ANTI-SLAVERY OFFICE,
No. 25 Cornhill
1845.
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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845,
By Frederick Douglass,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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