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DRAMATIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN AMERICAN SLAVE

This classic of American literature, a dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave, was first published in 1845, when its author had just achieved his freedom. Its shocking first-hand account of the horrors of slavery became an international best seller. His eloquence led Frederick Douglass to become the first great African-American leader in the United States.

• Douglass rose through determination, brilliance and eloquence to shape the American Nation.
• He was an abolitionist, human rights and women’s rights activist, orator, author, journalist, publisher and social reformer
• His personal relationship with Abraham Lincoln helped persuade the President to make emancipation a cause of the Civil War.
• This edition of the original classic work, includes an index that will enable you to easily search for the names, places and topics as you discover the brilliance and determination of this incredible leader.

Frederick Douglass 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