The Heroic Slave: A Cultural and Critical Edition
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Frederick Douglass’s only work of fiction—an imaginative retelling of the most successful slave revolt in American history—accompanied by an interpretive introduction, notes, and a selection of related writings by Douglass and others First published nearly a decade prior to the Civil War, The Heroic Slave is the only fictional work by abolitionist, orator, author, and social reformer Frederick Douglass, himself a former slave. It is inspired by the true story of Madison Washington, who, along with eighteen others, took control of the slave ship Creole in November 1841 and sailed it to Nassau in the British colony of the Bahamas, where they could live free. This new critical edition, ideal for classroom use, includes the full text of Douglass’s fictional recounting of the most successful slave revolt in American history, as well as an interpretive introduction; excerpts from Douglass’s correspondence, speeches, and editorials; short selections by other writers on the Creole rebellion; and recent criticism on the novella.
| Dimensions | 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches |
| Edition | Critical |
| Isbn 10 | 030018462X |
| Isbn 13 | 978-0300184624 |
| Item Weight | 12.5 ounces |
| Language | English |
| Print Length | 304 pages |
| Publication Date | March 24, 2015 |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
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Frederick Douglass’s The Heroic Slave is his only piece of fiction — a novella based on the 1841 Creole slave rebellion, where Madison Washington led enslaved people to seize a ship and sail to freedom in the Bahamas. The story itself is short, urgent, and shows Douglass thinking through what literature can do that direct argument can’t.What makes this edition worth owning is everything around the novella. Levine, Stauffer, and McKivigan pull together historical documents, contemporary newspaper accounts, related Douglass writings, and critical essays that put the work in context. You get the novella, then you get how it landed, what it was responding to, and why it still matters. The kind of edition that makes you understand a text instead of just reading it.
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