The Heroic Slave was Frederick Douglass' only piece of fiction. He wrote it in response to the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society's request for a submission to be included in their anthology Autographs for Freedom. The Heroic Slave is a retelling of an actual rebellion led by Madison Washington on the slave ship Creole. Douglass shows how the rebellion is part of a revolution and therefore fundamentally American.
- ISBN10 1633840867
- ISBN13 9781633840867
- Publish Date 15 June 2014 (first published 1 January 2011)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Wilder Publications
- Format eBook
- Language English