From the famous 20th century critical thinker Charles Chesnutt comes this biogrpahy of one of the key figures in black liberation and abolition; Frederick Douglass.
Recounting his extraordinary life from his early days in slavery, his escape to New York and through to his journalism and eventual appointment as U.S minister and consul to the Haitian Republic. Chesnutt passionately describes his character and charisma as a public speaker, writer and crusader for abolition and female suffrage.
A evocative yet openly honest biography of a man who became a leader of his people and icon of the civil rights movement.
