As a result of these Publications, Chesnutt recognized in American literary history as the first African American author to receive high critical acclaim. ... As a contemporary of Douglass, Chesnutt presents the reader with a portrait of the abolitionist based mainly on Douglass" three autobiographies: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845), My Bondage and My Freedom (1855), and The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1892) and other available materials of his day. ...

• Word Count: 913
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Before the Civil War, America was plagued with a complicated social quandary that incorporated individual, societal, political, economic, and religious principles. This taboo of a topic found itself well-versed throughout the country in many publications. Its authorship included Frederick Douglass...

• Word Count: 2701
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Authored by the Justice Policy Institute, a Washington-based research and advocacy group, the study showed that in 2000 there were 791,000 men in jail or prison and 603,000 enrolled in colleges or universities. ... This subculture has historically ranged from the enchained position of slaves to more contemporary manifestos of political prisoners. ...

• Word Count: 3043
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Prince and her female contemporaries - many of whom also wrote slave narratives - used their voices to promote change and question the tenet England's civilized. ... Rauwerda insists they rob Prince of her authorial agency ("Naming- 398). ...

• Word Count: 3051
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School