![]() ![]() It belongs in the library of anyone interested in African-American history and the life of one of the country's most courageous and influential champions of civil rights. At age 16 he was returned to the plantation later he. The son of a slave mother and a white father, he was sent to work as a house servant in Baltimore, where he learned to read. Published in 1845 to quell doubts about his origins - since few slaves of that period could write - the Narrative is admired today for its extraordinary passion, sensitive and vivid descriptions and storytelling power. Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, (born February 1818, Tuckahoe, Md., U.S.died Feb. In this, the first and most frequently read of his three autobiographies, 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. He fled to England after his published autobiography brought him. Frederick Douglass addressing an audience in London in 1846. Physical abuse, deprivation and tragedy plagued his early years, yet through sheer force of character he was able to overcome these obstacles to become a leading spokesman for his people. The Douglasses made a commitment to eradicating the evil of slavery. ![]() ![]() Former slave, impassioned abolitionist, brilliant writer, newspaper editor and eloquent orator whose speeches fired the abolitionist cause, Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) led an astounding life. ![]()
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