LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, ane? AMERICAN SLA WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. BOSTON: PUBLISHED AT THE ANTI-SLAVERY OFFICE, No. 25 CornuHILL. | Ben ee er ge. Entered, . IV PREFACE. fieldofpublicusefulness,“gavetheworldassurance ofaman,”quickenedtheslumberingenergiesofhis soul,andconsecratedhimtothegreatworkofbreak. Frederick Douglass ( – ), African American, anti-slavery campaigner. Frederick Douglass [also known as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey] was a former slave who .