By Frederick Douglass
752 pages
At the end of his biography, Frederick Douglass contributes his life
as a reformer, orator, writer and abolitionist as partly due to luck, for he
was introduced to influential abolitionist a few years after his escape from
slavery. He was a modest man whose influence in the antislavery movement was
center stage during the height of the conflict.
His description of this life was written in 1881. However, Douglass
had written two previous autobiographies. This work was more comprehensively,
for it covered his escape from slavery and his life during the Civil War. Previously
he would not write about his escape for it could cause himself and his family
peril.
It is an excellent read and very inspiring. I would
recommend it to anyone.
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