{"product_id":"narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-the-black-history-classic-hardcover","title":"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: The Black History Classic - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrederick Douglass\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTom Butler-Bowdon\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDISCOVER ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACCOUNTS OF SLAVERY IN NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne of history's greatest crimes, the American slave trade led to the suffering of untold numbers of men and women. But how can we better understand the lives and experiences of those who endured it?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass\u003c\/i\u003e is a harrowing first hand look at the brutal indignities of slavery in the nineteenth century, and the society that allowed it to happen. 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