I will not attempt to chronicle all of the events mentioned in the book, but I will read exerpts from a few of them and where possible use clips for a video tape to assist your publication of Douglass. ... Another episode that certainly affected Douglass struggle to be free was his Fight with the slave-breaker Edward Covey. Chesnutt notes that "Douglass was not the ideal slave garnered by the meek and lowly spirit of Uncle Tom" and his insubordinate attitude toward Thomas Auld got him into Covey's hands. ... Some of these are new archival materials, but the editor here was able...

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