Born into a family of slaves, Frederick Douglass educated himself through sheer determination.
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Born a slave, Frederick Douglass became a powerful speaker and a famous abolitionist, devoting his life to end slavery.
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave by Frederick Douglass, first published in 1845. This is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and ex-slave, Frederick Douglass.
Frederick Douglass was born in slavery as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey near Easton in Talbot County, Maryland.
This work also influenced and fueled the abolitionist movement, in which Douglass was an important figure.
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.
Inside this book, Douglass provides graphic descriptions of his childhood and horrifying experiences as a slave as well as a harrowing record of his dramatic escape to the North and eventual freedom.
A dramatic autobiography of the great 19th century black leader and abolitionist.
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,An American Slave.Frederick Douglass.Born into a family of slaves, Frederick Douglass educated himself through sheer determination.
The work of Frederick Douglass would be an early and inspirational voice in the abolitionist movement, one which would give hope to the cause and which would ultimately help to bring about an end to that brutally unjust chapter of American ...
Reproduction of the original: The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass