In "My Escape from Slavery," Frederick Douglass reveals the missing piece of his autobiography, in a tale that could not have been told without endangering others while slavery continued to exist. In "The Destiny of Colored Americans," he looks to the future.
"In the first narrative of my experience in slavery, written nearly forty years ago, and in various writings since, I have given the public what I considered very good reasons for withholding the manner of my escape..." In "My Escape from Slavery," Frederick Douglass reveals the missing piece of his autobiography, in a tale that could not have been told without endangering others while slavery continued to exist.
"The white man's happiness cannot be be purchased by the black man's misery." "The Destiny of Colored Americans" is a prophetic essay first published in his abolitionist newspaper, the North Star. Douglass started adding his initials "F.D." at the end of his writing when it was questioned that such thoughtful, well-reasoned work could come from an ex-slave.
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was a Maryland-born author, educator, publisher, speaker, and abolitionist. As a young slave in the South, he started an illegal, secret school to educate his fellow slaves. After fleeing to the North, he published his famous autobiography and the abolitionist newspaper the North Star, (later Frederick Douglass' Paper), and spoke out against racial inustice. During the Civil War, he served as an advisor to President Abraham Lincoln and, with the North's victory he saw the passages of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. But he continued to fight for social injustice to the end of his days, speaking out against lynching and "Jim Crow" laws, and passing away shortly after attending an meeting on women's suffrage in 1895.
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My Escape from Slavery & The Destiny of Colored Americans
by Frederick Douglass
