Douglass's powerful first-hand account of his life in slavery and his escape to freedom. A bestseller in its day, it became a central text of the abolitionist movement.
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1845 · Book · Public Domain
Douglass's powerful first-hand account of his life in slavery and his escape to freedom. A bestseller in its day, it became a central text of the abolitionist movement.