| Contents |
v.1.: Birth, early childhood -- Slave life -- Singing slaves -- Learning to read and write -- Life in Baltimore -- Escape -- A new name -- Liberator -- In England -- Newspaper publisher dedication. |
| Contents |
v.2.: -- The North Star -- Rochester, New York -- The Underground Railroad and the Fugitive Slave law -- The Abolitionist -- Free soil convention -- John Brown -- Fighting abolitionism -- John Brown's insurrection -- Escape to Canada and England -- Return to the United States and John Brown's legacy -- Election of Lincoln -- Secession of the South -- Civil War -- Emancipation Proclamation -- Negro troops -- Douglass meets Lincoln -- Death of Lincoln -- Freedom and equality -- Fourteen and Fifteenth Amendments -- Aftermath -- Summation. |
| General note | Based on material from Douglass' three autobiographies: Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave, 1845; My bondage and my freedom, 1855; and Life and times of Frederick Douglass, 1881. Material edited for this recording by Dr. Philip S. Foner. |
| General note | Transcript included. |
| Performer |
Read by Ossie Davis. |
| Other title | Life and times of Frederick Douglass. |
| Other title | My bondage and my freedom. |
| Other title | Narrative of Frederick Douglass, an American slave. |
