Life and Times of Frederick Douglass Written by Himself, His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: March 13, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 596
ISBN-13: 9781402179051
Subjects: escape,bondage,slave,history,life,times,Frederick Douglass; Biography & Autobiography / Political; Biography & Autobiography / Royalty
First sentence: IN Talbot County, Eastern Shore, State of Maryland, near Easton, the county town, there is a small district of country, thinly populated, and remarkable for nothing that I know of more than for the worn-out, sandy, desert-like appearance of its soil, the general dilapidation of its farms and fences, the indigent and spiritless character of its inhabitants, and the prevalence of ague and fever.