The 100 best nonfiction books: No 68 – Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass (1845)

This vivid memoir was influential in the abolition of slavery, and its author would become one of the most significant African Americans of the 19th century
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/22/narrative-life-frederick-douglass-american-slave-review?source=Snapzu