Douglass, Frederick

An autobiographical account by the runaway slave Frederick Douglass that chronicles his experiences with his owners and overseers, and discusses how slavery affected both slaves and slaveholders.

An autobiographical account of a childhood and youth spent in slavery by a man who became a great abolitionist and leader of anti-slavery activity.

African-American abolitionist Frederick Douglass tells his life story, describing his years as a slave and his escape in 1838, and reflecting upon life in the U.S. as a freedman. Includes explanatory notes, an introduction, and a further reading list.

Frederick Douglass was born a slave, denied an education, and expected to work like a beast of the fields until the day he died. But Douglass's mind and spirit could no be imprisoned. As he secretly learned to read an write, Douglass looked ahead to the day he could escape the chains of slavery. Once free, he wrote this classic of American literature. It is a story that shocked the world with its first-hand account of the horror of slavery.