Frederick Douglass – Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave

Description Published in 1845 this autobiography details the life of the internationally famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838; how he endured the daily physical and spiritural brutalities of his owners and drivers how he learned to read and write and how he grew into a man who could only live free or die. (pub)No pictures or illustrations. Ages 16 & up