Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (New Edition) - Douglass, Frederick
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Self-freed slave. Activist. Abolitionist. Writer. Orator. Hero. The first of the great statesman's memoirs, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, was published in 1845, nearly seven years after he escaped from slavery in Maryland and settled in Massachusetts with his wife, Anna. The book's vivid portrayal of the brutality of slavery, coupled with Douglass's skill as a speaker, inflamed hearts and minds across the United States, and around the world.

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Self-freed slave. Activist. Abolitionist. Writer. Orator. Hero. The first of the great statesman's memoirs, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, was published in 1845, nearly seven years after he escaped from slavery in Maryland and settled in Massachusetts with his wife, Anna. The book's vivid portrayal of the brutality of slavery, coupled with Douglass's skill as a speaker, inflamed hearts and minds across the United States, and around the world.
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Frederick Douglass (February 1817 - February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings. In his time, he was described by abolitionists as a living counter-example to slaveholders' arguments that slaves lacked the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens. Northerners at the time found it hard to believe that such a great orator had once been a slave. Douglass described his experiences as a slave in his 1845 autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, which became a bestseller, and was influential in promoting the cause of abolition, as was his second book, My Bondage and My Freedom. After the Civil War, Douglass remained an active campaigner against slavery and wrote his last autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. Douglass also actively supported women's suffrage, and held several public offices. Without his approval, Douglass became the first African American nominated for Vice President of the United States as the running mate and Vice Presidential nominee of Victoria Woodhull, on the Equal Rights Party ticket.