Charles Waddell Chesnutt was an influential African American writer of fiction at the turn of the 20th century; his biographical work on Frederick Douglass was thus an exception. The book begins with Douglassā birth in slavery and covers escape to New York. It culminates in Douglassā life as a free man and lecturer on the antislavery circuit.
Frederick Douglass (Unabridged) - Charles W. Chesnutt
Charles Waddell Chesnutt was an influential African American writer of fiction at the turn of the 20th century; his biographical work on Frederick Douglass was thus an exception. The book begins with Douglassā birth in slavery and covers escape to New York. It culminates in Douglassā life as a free man and lecturer on the antislavery circuit.