Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himse

<i>Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass</i> is a memoir and treatise on abolition. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the United States. <i>Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass</i> encompasses eleven chapters that recount Douglass' life as a slave and his ambition to become a free man. <i>Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass</i> was published in 1845, and within four months of publication, five thousand copies were sold. By 1860, almost 30,000 copies were sold.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Frederick Douglass<br><b>Publisher:</b> Fpp Classics<br><b>Published:</b> 05/27/2013<br><b>Pages:</b> 130<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.31lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.28d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781938357046<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18-UP<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Frederick Douglass was born in slavery as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey near Easton in Talbot County, Maryland. He was not sure of the exact year of his birth, but he knew that it was 1817 or 1818. As a young boy he was sent to Baltimore, to be a house servant, where he learned to read and write, with the assistance of his master's wife. In 1838 he escaped from slavery and went to New York City, where he married Anna Murray, a free colored woman whom he had met in Baltimore. Soon thereafter he changed his name to Frederic