Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

⏱ 7 minAmerican classic

Born a slave in Maryland, a boy discovers that learning to read is the road to freedom, and fights his way to it. Frederick Douglass's own searing account of slavery and self-liberation.

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