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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (1845): Web Sources

A list of resources available through Truxal Library for researching Frederick Douglass' autobiography: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave

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Websites

These are open-access websites:

American Slave Narratives: An Online Anthology
Hypertext and audio files from the University of Virginia's American Studies Department

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Virtual Museum Exhibit 
From the National Park Services' Museum Management Program, this virtual museum exhibit focuses on Frederick Douglass' life at his last home, Cedar Hill, in Washington, D.C.

Frederick Douglass Project
This project seeks to digitize all of the Frederick Douglass materials held in the collections of the University of Rochester Library

The Frederick Douglass Papers
Primary documents, including more autobiographies, and supplementary information provided by The Library of Congress

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