Повествование о жизни Фредерика Дугласа, американского раба, написанное им самим

Ėta kniga - besposhchadnyĭ dokument ėpokhi, illi͡ustrirui͡ushchiĭ odnu iz samykh mrachnykh stranit͡s v istorii SShA. No takzhe i svidetelʹstvo togo, naskolʹko gori͡acho i neugasimo v chelovecheskoĭ dushe stremlenie k svobode kak velichaĭsheĭ t͡sennosti. Rozhdennyĭ v rabstve i besprosvetnom nevezhestve, Frederik Duglas (1818-1895) shag za shagom otvoevyval pravo raspori͡azhatʹsi͡a sobstvennoĭ zhiznʹi͡u. I kogda nakonet͡s on smog sbezhatʹ v svobodnye severnye shtaty, to vse ostavshiesi͡a gody posvi͡atil borʹbe za prava chernokozhego naselenii͡a Ameriki. On stal oratorom, publit͡sistom i izdatelem, obshchestvennym dei͡atelem i grazhdanskim aktivistom, dostigshim priznanii͡a blagodari͡a vrozhdennomu talantu, nesgibaemoĭ vole, trudoli͡ubii͡u i muzhestvu. "Povestvovanie o zhizni Frederika Duglasa, amerikanskogo raba, napisannoe im samim" vyshlo v 1845 godu v Nʹi͡u-Ĭorke i vyzvalo ogromnyĭ rezonans, serʹezno poshatnuv osnovy, na kotorykh stoi͡ali apologety rabovladenii͡a.

This book is a ruthless document of the era, illustrating one of the darkest pages in the history of the United States. But it is also evidence of how ardent and inextinguishable in the human soul is the desire for freedom as the greatest value. Born into slavery and hopeless ignorance, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) step by step won back the right to control his own life. And when he was finally able to escape to the free northern states, he devoted all his remaining years to fighting for the rights of the black population of America. He became an orator, publicist and publisher, a public figure and a civic activist who achieved recognition thanks to his innate talent, indomitable will, hard work and courage. "The narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave, written by himself" was published in 1845 in New York and caused a huge resonance, seriously shaking the foundations on which the apologists of slavery stood.