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Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Author: Frederick Douglass
ISBN: 384229
Publication Date: 1979
Pages: 640
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Publisher: Collier Books
Book Type: Paperback
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The book starts with the "Narrative" which discusses his life as a slave, and ends with his escape from slavery. The rest of the book covers his involvement in the anti-slavery movement and his life after emancipation.

His later life is necessarily less dramatic than his early life, and particularly so after the end of the anti-slavery movement. There are moments of interest (his friendship with the daughter of one of his owners, his visit to his former owner at that man's deathbed) and the anti-slavery movement is interesting on a fairly consistent basis. But the rest of his life simply isn't as dramatic as the earlier parts.

This book does include some information I've always been curious about - how did he escape from slavery? I won't tell you, but it was much less dramatic than I would have guessed.