The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. An American Slave: Frederick Douglass

A classic story of trying circumstances and enduring hope, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave is an eloquentaccount of the young man`s life under slavery and his eventual escape. Written as an attempt to enhance his abolitionist credentials, it became the best-selling fugitive slave narrative of the era. This autobiography is a powerful reminder of the brutality of slavery and the terrors African-Americans were forced to endure.