The Life of Frederick Douglas

Frederick Douglass was born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 1818- February 20, 1895) was an African-American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing. He stood as a living counter-example to slaveholders' arguments that slaves did not have the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens. Many Northerners also found it hard to believe that such a great orator had been a slave.

Author: Frederick Douglas
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 12/28/2013
Pages: 108
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d
ISBN13: 9781494808938
ISBN10: 1494808935
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | 19th Century

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