An account of the life of Frederick Douglass. A boy born into slavery that became a world-renowned orator, journalist, author, and advisor to U.S. presidents. Includes a timeline of important dates in Douglass' life, a list of quotes, bibliography, and index.

"I sobbed myself to sleep" -- "Many children but no family" -- "Why am I a slave?" -- "The turning point" -- "You rascal" -- New Bedford: "I had no master" -- The lecture circuit: "I can tell you what I have seen" -- "From house to house, and from heart to heart -- "What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?" -- "Foreshadowed a conflict on a larger scale" -- "To arms!" -- "A sacred effort" -- "Young in liberty and old in slavery" -- The African American: "like a man in a morass" -- "From first to last: a noble life" -- Important dates in the life of Frederick Douglass.