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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (autobiographies of Frederick Douglass)
Frederick Douglass ISBN 1082588350
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Frederick Douglass ISBN 1082588350
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This book by Frederick Douglass came up once on Tim Ferriss in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Maurice Ashley. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
This book is an autobiographical account by runaway slave Frederick Douglass that chronicles his experiences with his owners and overseers and discusses how slavery affected both slaves and slaveholders.
“he had three autobiographies, right? Those that he wrote... the second one was enough of his life out of freedom that he was able to really describe it in a fresh way”— Maurice Ashley
The guest here is Maurice Ashley: Maurice Ashley is the first African-American International Grandmaster in chess history, a three-time national-championship coach, author, ESPN commentator, and speaker. Born in Jamaica and raised in Brownsville, Brooklyn, he was inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame in 2016. Grandmaster Maurice Ashley traces his path from Brooklyn chess hustles to history-making mastery, plus lessons on focus, teaching, and lifelong reinvention.
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