Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave: Written by Himself (an African American Heritage Book)

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is one of the most influential autobiographies ever written. This classic did as much as or more than any other book to motivate the abolitionist to continue to fight for freedom in American. Frederick Douglass was born a slave he escaped a brutal system and through sheer force of will educated himself and became an abolitionist editor orator author statesman and reformer. This is one of the most unlikely and powerful success stories ever written.