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001 2013047318
003 DLC
005 20141220093116.0
008 140320s2014 miu j b 001 0aeng
010 $a 2013047318
020 $a9780737769869 (hardback)
020 $a9780737769876 (paperback)
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050 00 $aE449$b.S6275 2014
082 00 $a973.8092$aB$223
245 00 $aSlavery in narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass /$cClaudia Durst Johnson, book editor.
264 1 $aFarmington Hills, Mich. :$bGreenhaven Press,$c[2014]
300 $a134 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aSocial issues in literature
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 121-126) and index.
520 $a"Social Issues in Literature meets the need for materials supporting curriculum integration. Each title in this distinctive new series examines an important literary work or body of work through the lens of a major social issue. Each volume presents biographical and critical information on the author, viewpoints on the social issue portrayed in the book, and contemporary assessments of the social issue as well as a chronology of important dates in the author's life, discussion questions, a guide to additional literary works that focus on the same social issue, a bibliography for further research and a thorough subject index"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Social Issues in Literature: Slavery in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: This series brings together the disciplines of sociology and literature. It looks at a work of literature through the lens of the major social issue that is reflected in it"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 0 $aCHAPTER I. BACKGROUND ON FREDERICK DOUGLASS -- From slavery to national prominence / Russell K. Hively -- Douglass on the abuse of slave women for pleasure and profit / Frederick Douglass -- CHAPTER II. SLAVERY IN NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS -- Preaching the evils of slavery / Robert G. O'Meally -- Countering the slaveholders' argument / Peter C. Meyers -- Frederick Douglass and the Black Liberation Movement : The North Star of American blacks / Wu Jin-Ping -- Slavery robs its victims of identity / Henry Louis Gates Jr. -- Douglass battles oppression to gain literacy and power / Philip S. Foner -- Religious belief and slavery / Scott C. Williamson -- Slaveholders and their religion / Donald B. Gibson -- Douglass's Narrative as a work for abolition / Houston A. Baker Jr. -- CHAPTER III. CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES ON SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES -- Agricultural slaves / Erin C. Heil -- Labor exploitation and human trafficking of Mexican nationals to the Gulf Coast / Stephanie Hepburn -- New US immigrants at risk of becoming forced labor victims / Kira Zalan -- Child sex slaves in America / Malika Saada Saar -- Research can aid in understanding and preventing modern-day slavery in the United States / Maureen Q. McGough.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
600 10 $aDouglass, Frederick,$d1818-1895$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aAfrican American abolitionists$vBiography$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aAbolitionists$zUnited States$vBiography$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aSlaves$zUnited States$vBiography$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aSlavery$zUnited States$xHistory$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aSlavery in literature$vJuvenile literature.
650 0 $aSocial ethics in literature$vJuvenile literature.
600 10 $aDouglass, Frederick,$d1818-1895.$tNarrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave.
650 7 $aJUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aJUVENILE NONFICTION / Literary Criticism & Collections.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aJohnson, Claudia Durst,$d1938-$ecompiler of edition.