“* Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, written by himself.”
Also reprinted in Life Without and Life Within; or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and Poems. Counted once, at its first appearance.
Author
Frederick Douglass(c. 1818–1895)
Frederick Douglass is documented in Fuller’s published essays (1845–1846). One work is named, most often in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass . . ., and the most intensive engagement recorded is “analyzed”.
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- 1845–1846
Totals count documented engagements, once at the earliest witness. How we count →
Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
Confirmed reading
Passages where the evidence goes beyond allusion to indicate that Fuller had Frederick Douglass’s work in hand — an explicit statement of reading, sustained excerpting or translation, or a specific reading episode recorded by those who knew her.
- undatedNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by HimselfAttested
“Considered merely as a narrative, we have never read one more simple, true, coherent, and warm with genuine feeling.”
Life Without and Life Within (essays)
'We have never read one more simple, true, coherent...narrative' is an explicit first-person statement of having read this specific work.
In Fuller’s words
“* Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, written by himself. [...] Considered merely as a narrative, we have never read one more simple, true, coherent, and warm with genuine feeling. It is an excellent piece of writing...”
When Fuller engaged with Frederick Douglass
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
Douglass in Fuller’s reading world
Documentary evidence
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
1845—
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass . . .
“Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass . . .”analyzed · quoted · read6 selected passages
“I do not recollect of ever seeing my mother by the light of day. She was with me in the night. She would lie down with me, and get me to sleep, but long before I waked she was gone.”
“The Home Plantation of Colonel Lloyd wore the appearance of a country village. All the mechanical operations for all the farms were performed here.”
“The slaves selected to go to the Great House Farm, for the monthly allowance for themselves and their fellow-slaves, were peculiarly enthusiastic.”
“I did not, when a slave, understand the deep meaning of those rude and apparently incoherent songs.”
“I have often been utterly astonished, since I came to the north, to find persons who could speak of the singing, among slaves, as evidence of their contentment and happiness.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass . . ." New-York Daily Tribune, 10 June 1845.
1845—
The Liberty Bell for 1845.
“The Liberty Bell for 1845.”mentioned
“when we see such rapid progress as in the case of Douglass, who was “only six years since a fugitive from a Southern cornfield”—are the most unanswerable arguments in favor of the capacities of the African race”
Fuller, Margaret. "The Liberty Bell for 1845." New-York Daily Tribune, 7 January 1845. · 7 January 1845
1846—
Letters From England.
“Letters From England.”mentioned
“Capt. Judkins of the Cambria, an able and prompt Commander, was the one who insisted upon Douglass being admitted to equal rights upon his deck”
Fuller, Margaret. "Letters From England." New-York Daily Tribune, 24 September 1846. · 24 September 1846