Born into a family of slaves, Frederick Douglass educated himself through sheer determination. His unconquered will to triumph over his circumstances makes his one of America’s best and most unlikely success stories. Douglass’ own account of his journey from slave to one of America’s great statesmen, writers, and orators is as fascinating as it is inspiring.

This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader’s notes to help the modern reader contend with Douglass’ nineteenth-century style and vocabulary.

The biography of a man born to slavery, that self-taught how to read and write, learned a trade, survived maltreatment, slavery, poverty, degradation, escaped from the southern states and fought for the freedom of Black Americans. The life of someone to look up, someone who came from the bottom and reached a high level in society. This is a book that speaks about struggling, that shows how to develop self-respect, and strong will to improve one self and change the society that abused, underserved, discrimanated and criminalized other humans beings. It is sad to find out that his efforts were left out in time due that discrimination, segregation, mistreatment and neglect still exist toward minority groups in the United States. The iron chains were broken but we still have invisible chains that keep us from learning, improving and receiving equal treatment and opportunities.

I ordered this book for my daughter's summer reading program and started reading it myself. It's an amazing story of an amazing man.
I recommend it highly!

My order arrived before the estimated delivery date and was in great condition, as the seller said it would be. :)

The book was kind of short, and it was very easy to read and understand. Also, it had explanations for diffecult words on each chapters in the back of the book. Overall, pretty well- written book!

the book was cheap but missing the appendix,this is an essential part of the book, without it your missing a third of the history. I'm surprised it was published without this essential part.