The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History

New York: Bonanza Books, 1962. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Reissue. Top edge lightly foxed, jacket lightly toned with minor wear to corners, jacket spine a bit stained. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1962 Hard Cover. 640 pp. Born around 1817 in Maryland, Frederick Douglass was a former plantation slave who went on to become a brilliant writer and eloquent orator. In this amazing first-hand narrative, published in 1881, he vividly recounts his early years, which were filled with physical abuse, deprivation, and tragedy; his dramatic escapes to the North, recapture, and eventual freedom; his work for the Anti-Slavery Society and influential role in speaking for other African-Americans; his abolitionist campaigns, and crusade for full civil rights for former slaves.