Frederick Douglass
You're Dead to Me
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A Novel About Frederick Douglas and the Black Abolitionist
In 1841, Frederick Douglas is working as a laborer in New York. He's also becoming an abolitionist and making speeches. In 1845 he published his first autobiography: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas and American Slave. Some audiences refuse to believe he'd escaped slavery because he spoke too well.
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