First published 2019
Frederick Douglass sits down to tell his complete story for the first time. In his third autobiography, published in 1881 and revised in 1892, he can finally share details about his enslavement and escape that would have endangered him and his family in earlier works. The Civil War has ended, emancipation has come, and Douglass no longer needs to hide the truth. He recounts his brutal years in bondage, his daring flight to freedom, and his rise to become one of America's most powerful voices against slavery. But this volume goes beyond his earlier books, chronicling his experiences during and after the war. He describes his meetings with Presidents Lincoln and Garfield, his involvement with the troubled Freedman's Bank, and his appointment as United States Marshall of the District of Columbia. Through it all, Douglass writes with the hard-won wisdom of a man who lived to see slavery abolished and his own transformation from property to presidential advisor.
Genres: biography, civil-war, historical-fiction, 20th-century, american, african-american, 19th-century, american-history
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: rags-to-riches, true-story
Setting: United States, District of Columbia
Period: 19th-Century, Civil-War-Era
380 pages · Paperback · Independently published
Content warnings: slavery, violence