Thanks to this well-written autobiography by Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, who was the slave himself, this was used to serve as a historical document and as anti-slavery propaganda in many important discussions and debates of slavery. Frederick Douglass was the first slave to write a book about the life of a slave. He was a pioneer trying to use his great intelligence to show the world what his life and the life of his fellow slaves was truly like. Historically the book served as a basis on what happened to slaves and the life they lived in the 1800's.…
