Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Maryland in 1818. He was separated from his mother as a baby and lived with his grandmother up to the age of eight, when he was sent to live as a house servant, a field hand and then a ship caulker. He escaped to New York in 1838 and seven years later published Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an autobiography of his life as a slave, which became an instant bestseller. Douglass rose to fame as a powerful orator and spent the rest of his life campaigning for equality. He became a national leader of the abolitionist movement, a consultant to Abraham Lincoln in the civil rights movement and a passionate supporter of the women’s rights movement. He died in 1895.
La narración de la Vida de Frederick Douglass fue un best-seller desde su publicación en 1845. El autor describe su recorrido vital como esclavo desde una plantación de Maryland hasta su aclamada fuga a Massachussets en 1838, donde se convirtió en un ardiente abolicionista y un valiente...
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