title: The Oxford Frederick Douglass Reader
author:  Frederick Douglass 
description: "The most comprehensive collection on Douglass."--Iyunolu Osagie, Penn State<br /><br />"A splendid, comprehensive anthology that contains the essential Douglass."--Robert E. Morsberger, California State Polytechnic University<br /><br />"A comprehensive selection of Douglass' works...the volume provides an excellent overview of Douglass' career, and the chronology and introductory material also seem quite useful."--David M. Robinson, Oregon State University<br /><br />"A most valuable and accessible volume--the best Douglass on the market for generalists. Excellent selection. Thanks for large type and generous spacing."--Agnes M. Jackson, The Claremont Colleges<br /><br />"These are troubled times for black and white Americans, and Frederick Douglass's is a voice that needs to be heard. William Andrews' fine collection will ensure that Douglass again commands attention."--William S. McFeely, author of Frederick Douglass<br /><br />"An excellent text."--Kay Rout, Michigan State University
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  # [Dedication](nav.xhtml#nde1)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This book is dedicated to this ugly world of ours,
  
  
  and to those who fight to make it better, no matter what and no matter how
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # [Epigraph](nav.xhtml#nep2)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “A man’s character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color
  of things about him.”
  
  
  —Frederick Douglass
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Cover](cover.xhtml#cover)
  
  
  * [Title Page](title_page.xhtml#title-page)
  
  
  * [Dedication](Dedication.xhtml#de1)
  
  
  * [Epigraph](Epigraph.xhtml#ep2)
  
  
  * [Contents](nav.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Prologue](Prologue.xhtml#pr3)
  
  
  * [Chapter 1: Midnight in the House of Eddon](Chapter_1.xhtml#ch4)
  
  
  * [Chapter 2: How to Entertain a Killer](Chapter_2.xhtml#ch5)
  
  
  * [Chapter 3: A Very Public Murder](Chapter_3.xhtml#ch6)
  
  
  * [Chapter 4