Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and
treatise on abolition written by famous orator and ex-slave, Frederick Douglass.
It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by
former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the
events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of
literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the
United States.
— Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
