Frederick Douglass

<p><I>Frederick Douglass: A Biography</I> (1899) is a book by African American author lawyer and political activist Charles Chesnutt. While he is more widely known for The Goophered Grapevine the first story published in <I>The Atlantic</I> by an African American author Chesnutt was also a gifted biographer whose storytelling ability allowed him to present the life of such a man as Frederick Douglass in a fresh and revelatory light. From this night of slavery Douglass emerged passed through the limbo of prejudice which he encountered as a freeman and took his place in history. Born in Maryland Douglass escaped slavery at the age of twenty with the help of his future wife Anna Murray Douglass a free black woman from Baltimore. In New England he connected with the influential abolitionist community and joined the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church a historically Black denomination which counted Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman among its members. In 1839 Douglass became a preacher and began his career as a captivating orator on religious social and political matters. He met William Lloyd Garrison publisher of anti-slavery newspaper <I>The Liberator</I> in 1841 and was deeply moved by his passionate abolitionism. As Douglass' reputation and influence grew he traveled across the country and eventually to Ireland and Great Britain to advocate on behalf of the American abolitionist movement winning countless people over to the leading moral cause of the nineteenth century. Arguably one of the most influential Americans of all time Douglass led a life dedicated to democracy and racial equality. This edition of Charles Chesnutt's <I>Frederick Douglass: A Biography</I> is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.</p> <p>Since our inception in 2020 <b>Mint Editions</b> has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.</p> <p>With thousands of titles in our collection we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.</p>