The work of a man who wrote of racial prejudice with a frankness highly unusual for the era in which he lived, this concise, readable survey examines the life of one of the most influential promoters of civil rights. Included are Douglass's early life in slavery, his escape from Maryland to New York, his power and charisma as a public speaker and crusader for the abolitionist cause, his accomplishments as a journalist and leader of his people, the influence he wielded with…
Author: Charles W. Chesnutt · Original publisher: Small, Maynard & Company (Boston), 1899 (Beacon Biographies of Eminent Americans series) (by Charles W. Chesnutt)
Tier 1 — Full text hosted on this page. Public domain: first published 1899; full text freely available at Project Gutenberg. The full text is held in fulltexts/ as `239-frederick-douglass.txt` (see fulltexts/INDEX.md).
