Description 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. - His personal relationship with Abraham Lincoln helped persuade the President to make emancipation a cause of the Civil War.. - He was an abolitionist, human rights and women\'s rights activist, orator, author, journalist, publisher and social reformer.
This Special Bicentennial re-release of the original Edition includes the "Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission Act\'\' enacted by Congress in 2017: - Douglass rose through determination, brilliance and eloquence to shape the American Nation.
His eloquence led Frederick Douglass to become the first great African-American leader in the United States.
Its shocking first-hand account of the horrors of slavery became an international best seller.
Description 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
