An account of the life of Frederick Douglass, who escaped slavery to become one of the most important and influential abolitionists, authors, public speakers, and statesmen of his time. The author, Booker T. Washington, was also born into slavery. He became a renowned educator, advisor to several presidents, and author of a number of important works including Up From Slavery. - Summary by Ciufi Galeazzi
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Ch. 1: Frederick Douglass, The Slave
29:01 - Chapter 2
Ch. 2: Back to Plantation-Life
34:52 - Chapter 3
Ch. 3: Escape From Slavery: Learning the Ways of Freedom
24:10 - Chapter 4
Ch. 4 Beginning of His Public Career
23:57 - Chapter 5
Ch. 5 Slavery and Anti-Slavery
28:04 - Chapter 6
Ch. 6 Seeks Refuge in Englsnd
31:18 - Chapter 7
Ch. 7 Home Again as a Freeman - New Problems and New Triumphs
40:10 - Chapter 8
Ch. 8 Free Colored People and Colonization
29:10 - Chapter 9
Ch. 9 The Underground Railway and the Fugitive Slave Law
29:51 - Chapter 10
Ch. 10 Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown
36:43 - Chapter 11
Ch. 11 Forebodings of the Crisis
39:44 - Chapter 12
Ch. 12 Douglass's Service in the Civil War, pt. 1
28:58 - Chapter 13
Ch. 12 Douglass's Service in the Civil War, pt. 2
21:16 - Chapter 14
Ch. 13 Early Problems of Freedom, pt. 1
26:42 - Chapter 15
Ch. 13 Early Problems of Freedom, pt. 2
23:48 - Chapter 16
Ch. 14 Sharing the Responsibilities and Honors of Freedom, pt.1
25:55 - Chapter 17
Ch. 14 Sharing the Responsibilities and Honors of Freedom, pt. 2
24:26 - Chapter 18
Ch. 15 Further Evidences of Popular Esteem, with Glimpses into the Past, pt.1
31:53 - Chapter 19
Ch. 15 Further Evidences of Popular Esteem, with Glimpses into the Past, pt.2
27:46 - Chapter 20
Ch. 16 Final Honors to the Living and Tributes to the Dead
32:46