Publication: Hartford, CT: Park Publishing, 1882. Frontispiece portrait of Douglass with a tissue guard.Įdition + Condition: A near fine copy, only slightly dimmed at the spine. This version also lists co-publishers in Chicago, Cleveland, and San Francisco.Ħ18 pages. A self-educated fugitive slave, abolitionist, advocate for women’s rights, orator, journalist, and diplomat, Frederick Douglass was the most famous black person of the nineteenth century. 598 and the last chapter called "Retrospection" (it is untitled in some versions).
There are at least three different editions of this 1882 version of the autobiography, with page counts of 516, 564, and this 618-page version, with a plate of Lincoln opposite p. The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass Simply put is one of the best books every written about human achievement. With an appendix printing two speeches by Douglass, one given at the unveiling of the Freedmen's Monument (1876) and another on the end of slavery in the West Indies (1880). Consult the Web guide Frederick Douglass: A Resource Guide to locate additional resources on Douglass. This version of the autobiography, first published in 1881, describes Douglass's life and work after the Civil War and his encounters with Presidents Lincoln, Grant, and Garfield. Visit the Frederick Douglass Papers at the Library of Congress to view approximately 7,400 items (38,000 images) relating to Douglass’ life as an escaped slave, abolitionist, editor, orator, and public servant. Notes: Life and Times is Douglass's third autobiography, following his Narrative (1845) and My Bondage, My Freedom (1855).
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