![]() Including His Connection with the Anti-Slavery Movement His Labor in Great Britain as well as in His Own Country His Experience in the Conduct of an Influential Newspaper His Connection with the Underground Railroad His Relations with John Brown and the Harper's Ferry Raid His Recruiting the 54th and 55th Mass. It is the only one of Douglass' autobiographies to discuss his life during and after the Civil War, including his encounters with American presidents such as Lincoln and Garfield, his account of the ill-fated "Freedman's Bank", and his service as the United States Marshall of the District of Columbia.: Complete History to the Present Time. Because of the emancipation of American slaves during and following the American Civil War, Douglass gave more details about his life as a slave and his escape from slavery in this volume than he could in his two previous autobiographies (which would have put him and his family in danger). After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement from Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his dazzling oratoryand incisive antislavery writings.Life and Times of Frederick Douglass is Frederick Douglass' third autobiography, published in 1881, revised in 1892. ![]() ![]() Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, cFebruary 1818- February 20, 1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. ![]()
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