Words are Freedom: Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Words are Freedom: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Douglass’s narrative is the most famous written account of an enslaved American and in it he describes his barbaric treatment, his struggle to become literate, and his eventual escape from slavery. Pick up a copy of the book at Central Library. Hosted by Sterling L. Bland, Jr, Chair of African American and African Studies at Rutgers University and author of Voices of the Fugitives: Runaway Slave Stories and Their Fictions of Self-Creation.