{"product_id":"narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-frederick-douglass","title":"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass;  Frederick Douglass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn a slave circa 1818 (slaves weren't told when they were born) on a plantation in Maryland, Douglass taught himself to read and write. In 1845, seven years after escaping to the North, he published Narrative, the first of three autobiographies. This book calmly but dramatically recounts the horrors and the accomplishments of his early years—the daily, casual brutality of the white masters; his painful efforts to educate himself; his decision to find freedom or die; and his harrowing but successful escape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn astonishing orator and a skillful writer, Douglass became a newspaper editor, a political activist, and an eloquent spokesperson for the civil rights of African Americans. He lived through the Civil War, the end of slavery, and the beginning of segregation. He was celebrated internationally as the leading black intellectual of his day, and his story still resonates in ours.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJanuary 1, 1845\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrederick Douglass (né Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey) was born a slave in the state of Maryland in 1818. After his escape from slavery, Douglass became a renowned abolitionist, editor and feminist. Having escaped from slavery at age 20, he took the name Frederick Douglass for himself and became an advocate of abolition. Douglass traveled widely, and often perilously, to lecture against slavery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis first of three autobiographies, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was published in 1845. In 1847 he moved to Rochester, New York, and started working with fellow abolitionist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Martin R. Delany\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/4616021._Martin_R__Delany\"\u003eMartin R. Delany\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to publish a weekly anti-slavery newspaper, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorth Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Douglass was the only man to speak in favor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Elizabeth Cady Stanton\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/120585.Elizabeth_Cady_Stanton\"\u003eElizabeth Cady Stanton\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's controversial plank of woman suffrage at the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. As a signer of the Declaration of Sentiments, Douglass also promoted woman suffrage in his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorth Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Douglass and Stanton remained lifelong friends.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1870 Douglass launched The New National Era out of Washington, D.C. He was nominated for vice-president by the Equal Rights Party to run with Victoria Woodhull as presidential candidate in 1872. He became U.S. marshal of the District of Columbia in 1877, and was later appointed minister resident and consul-general to Haiti. His District of Columbia home is a national historic site. D. 1895.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47205879021890,"sku":"","price":5.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/freddouglass.jpg?v=1698113015","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass-frederick-douglass","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}