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by Frederick Douglass (Author)
The first article of this collection is about the author's escape from slavery. It is an important firsthand account of a dark chapter of American history. The second article is entitled Reconstruction and is shorter. It was essentially an ideological defense of radical reconstruction.
Author Biography
Frederick Douglass (1818 - 1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.