Frederick Douglass: The Autobiography

ISBN-10: 198503851X
ISBN-13: 9781985038516
Series: Frederick Douglass
Pages: 52
Language: English
Published: 2018-02-04
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Author: Frederick Douglass

Description

This Autobiography of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the United States. This piece encompasses eleven chapters that recount Douglass's life as a slave and his ambition to become a free man.