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Frederick Douglass in Chinese

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African American literature of slavery has a translation history dating from at least the 1840s.  One of the Project's collections addresses this history, with special attention to translations of Frederick Douglass published from the 19th-century to the present day.  The collection includes podcast readings of selected chapters from Douglass' 1845 narrative in French, Hebrew, Spanish, and most recently a Chinese reading by Prof. John Zou.  Read more...
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The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author

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William Still managed the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia from the mid-1840s until the Civil War. This is the major account of fugitive travels out of slavery. Electronic edition includes all of the original illustrations. Digitized by the Gutenberg Project.

The link address is: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15263