BooksCaptivity NarrativeThe QBR 100Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveMeserette KentakeJanuary 21, 2013June 22, 2015 by Meserette KentakeJanuary 21, 2013June 22, 20150 Born into the Maafa (slavery) in Maryland circa 1817, Frederick Douglass went on to become the most influential and distinguished African American of the nineteenth...
BooksCaptivity NarrativeThe QBR 100Up From SlaveryMeserette KentakeJanuary 1, 2013June 3, 2026 by Meserette KentakeJanuary 1, 2013June 3, 20260 “Ignorant and inexperienced, it is not strange that in the first years of our new life (after [the Maafa]) we began at the top instead...