Frederick Douglass
Publisher: Echo Library
Published: July 17, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9781406845402
Subjects: Biography: general; Cultural Heritage; Historical - U.S; Biography & Autobiography : People of Color; Biography / Autobiography
First sentence: If it be no small task for a man of the most favored antecedents and the most fortunate surroundings to rise above mediocrity in a great nation, it is surely a more remarkable achievement for a man of the very humblest origin possible to humanity in any country in any age of the world, in the face of obstacles seemingly insurmountable, to win high honors and rewards, to retain for more than a generation the respect of good men in many lands, and to be deemed worthy of enrolment among his country's great men.