Beginning with his 1845 autobiography "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave," Frederick Douglass provided fuel for the abolitionist movement. In 1854, the civil rights leader ...

His 1845 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is, as Sandefur says, a classic of American autobiography. Abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison said there should be “no union with ...

Despite apprehensions that the information might endanger his freedom, Douglass published his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written By Himself.

From escaped slave to worldwide advocate of abolition and social justice, Frederick Douglass's larger ... earning enough from his autobiography to purchase his freedom. He pressed President ...