Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave / written by himself ; edited with an introduction by David W. Blight.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-156) and index.

INTRODUCTION: "A Psalm of Freedom" -- Pt. 1. The Document -- 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 -- Pt. 2. 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 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, Letter to Thomas Auld, September 3, 1848, published in The North Star, September 8,1848; and The Liberator, September 22, 1848 -- Frederick Douglass, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" speech delivered in Corinthian Hall, Rochester, New York, July 5, 1852. App. A Douglass chronology (1818-1895).