Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Illustrated Edition

by Frederick Douglass, Paige Grant (Illustrator)

Overview

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. The text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the United States.Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass encompasses eleven chapters that recount Douglass's life as a slave and his ambition to become a free man.Illustrated Edition includes period related historical pictures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781544605210
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	03/11/2017
Pages:	124
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.26(d)

About the Author

Hometown:

Tuckahoe, Maryland

Date of Birth:

1818

Date of Death:

February 20, 1895

Place of Death:

Washington, D.C.