This second edition of Douglass's Narrative reprints this classic document together with speeches and letters, all in a volume designed for undergraduate students. An extensive introduction places the Narrative in its historical and literary contexts with annotations on needed background.

Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: "A Psalm of Freedom" -- Part one: the document -- A note about the text -- Preface by William Lloyd Garrison, May 1, 1845 -- Letter from Wendell Phillips, Esq., April 22, 1845 -- Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave, written by himself -- Part two: Select reviews, documents, and speeches -- Caleb Bingham, "Dialogue between a Master and a Slave," in the "The Columbian Orator, 1797 -- Margaret Fuller, Review of "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave", "New York Tribune", June 10, 1845 -- Ephraim Peabody, "Narrative of Fugitive Slaves," excerpt, "Christian Examiner", July 1849 -- Nathaniel P. Rogers, "Southern Slavery and Northern Religion: Two Addresses," delivered in Concord, New Hampshire, February 11, 1844, as reported in "Concord, N.H. Herald of Freedom," February 16, 1844 -- Frederick Douglass, "My Slave Experience in Maryland," an address delivered in New York City, May 6, 1845, as recorded in "National Antislavery Standard, May 22, 1845 -- Frederick Douglass, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" speech delivered in Rochester, New York, July 5, 1852 -- Appendixes -- A Frederick Douglass chronology (1818-1895) -- Questions for consideration -- Selected bibliography -- Index.