Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: Written by Himself

In his autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Written By Himself, Frederick Douglass recounts his experiences of slavery, escape, comparative freedom, conflict, and victory. He became a renowned antislavery activist, social justice campaigner, author, orator, philosopher, essayist, historian, intellectual, statesman, and liberator in U.S. history.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 640 pages
Publication date: 28 July 2022
Publisher: Oxford University Press

First published in 1892, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass Written By Himself is the final autobiography written by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland. Securing his self-liberation at twenty years of age in 1838, he went on to become the most renowned antislavery activist, social justice campaigner, author, orator, philosopher, essayist, historian, intellectual, statesman, and liberator in U.S. history. A powerful literary work, Douglass' final autobiography shares the stories of his several lives in one. Beginning with his war against the hell-black system of human bondage, Douglass bears witness to his personal experiences of mind-body-and soul-destroying tragedies. Living a new life as a fugitive from slavery, he tells his audiences of his decades-long labours as a world-leading freedom fighter. Ever vigilant in his protest against the discriminatory persecutions endured by millions of my people, he testifies to the terrible reality that his life of comparative freedom necessitated a lifelong fight against the inhumane injustices of American prejudice against colour. Living a death-defying life of conflict and battle during the Civil War, Douglass celebrates the life of victory promised by post-war civil rights legislation only to condemn the failures of the U.S. nation either to exterminate slavery or secure equal rights for all. All too painfully aware that the conflict between the spirit of liberty and the spirit of slavery is eternal, Douglass concludes his autobiography with a call to arms for all those who seek to build a more perfect union.

First published in 1892, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass Written By Himself is the final autobiography written by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland. Securing his self-liberation at twenty years of age in 1838, he went on to become the most renowned antislavery activist, social justice campaigner, author, orator, philosopher, essayist, historian, intellectual, statesman, and liberator in U.S. history. A powerful literary work, Douglass' final autobiography shares the stories of his several lives in one. Beginning with his war against the hell-black system of human bondage, Douglass bears witness to his personal experiences of mind-body-and soul-destroying tragedies. Living a new life as a fugitive from slavery, he tells his audiences of his decades-long labours as a world-leading freedom fighter. Ever vigilant in his protest against the discriminatory persecutions endured by millions of my people, he testifies to the terrible reality that his life of comparative freedom necessitated a lifelong fight against the inhumane injustices of American prejudice against colour. Living a death-defying life of conflict and battle during the Civil War, Douglass celebrates the life of victory promised by post-war civil rights legislation only to condemn the failures of the U.S. nation either to exterminate slavery or secure equal rights for all. All too painfully aware that the conflict between the spirit of liberty and the spirit of slavery is eternal, Douglass concludes his autobiography with a call to arms for all those who seek to build a more perfect union.

Weight: 438g
Dimension: 131 x 198 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780198835325