Book Club: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an autobiography detailing his life from birth into slavery in Maryland to his escape to freedom and his subsequent career as an abolitionist leader. The book exposes the brutal reality of slavery, highlights the power of literacy as a path to self-knowledge and resistance, and chronicles his harrowing experiences with various slaveholders and his ultimate, successful escape in 1838.