Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

by David W. Blight

Book Overview

**Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History**

"Extraordinary...a great American biography" (The New Yorker) of the most important African American of the 19th century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era.

As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fortunate to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416590315
• ISBN13: 9781416590316
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 912 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"