The son of a black slave and an unknown white father, Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) experienced first-hand the privations and brutality of America's "peculiar institution". Following his second, successful, attempt to escape, he went on to become a leading abolitionist and militant spokesman for African-American rights. A friend to Abraham Lincoln and other presidents, he held three major government offices and became a writer, orator and editor. This biography moves beyond Douglass' three autobiographies to explore his impact on the anti-slavery movement, the Civil War Reconstruction, women's suffrage, and the Republican Party during its first 40 years, and to look at his personal and family life.
- ISBN10 0689701624
- ISBN13 9780689701627
- Publish Date 1 February 1968
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 March 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Holiday House
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Language English