Item #85320 THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. HIS EARLY LIFE AS A SLAVE, HIS ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE, AND HIS COMPLETE HISTORY TO THE PRESENT TIME; Including His connection with the anti-slavery movement; his labors in Great Britain as well as in his own country; his experiences in the conduct of an influential newspaper; his connection with the Underground Railroad; his relations with John Brown and the Harper's Ferry raid; his recruiting the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiments; his interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson; his appointment by Gen. Grant to accompany the Santo Domingo Commission -- also to a seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; his appointment as United States Marshal by President R. B. Hayes; also his appointment to be Recorder of Deeds in Washington by President J.A. Garfield; with many other interesting and important events of his most eventful life; with An Introduction by Mr. Geoirge L. Ruffin, of Boston. Frederick Douglass.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. HIS EARLY LIFE AS A SLAVE, HIS ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE, AND HIS COMPLETE HISTORY TO THE PRESENT TIME; Including His connection with the anti-slavery movement; his labors in Great Britain as well as in his own country; his experiences in the conduct of an influential newspaper; his connection with the Underground Railroad; his relations with John Brown and the Harper's Ferry raid; his recruiting the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiments; his interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson; his appointment by Gen. Grant to accompany the Santo Domingo Commission -- also to a seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; his appointment as United States Marshal by President R. B. Hayes; also his appointment to be Recorder of Deeds in Washington by President J.A. Garfield; with many other interesting and important events of his most eventful life; with An Introduction by Mr. Geoirge L. Ruffin, of Boston.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. HIS EARLY LIFE AS A SLAVE, HIS ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE, AND HIS COMPLETE HISTORY TO THE PRESENT TIME; Including His connection with the anti-slavery movement; his labors in Great Britain as well as in his own country; his experiences in the conduct of an influential newspaper; his connection with the Underground Railroad; his relations with John Brown and the Harper's Ferry raid; his recruiting the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiments; his interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson; his appointment by Gen. Grant to accompany the Santo Domingo Commission -- also to a seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; his appointment as United States Marshal by President R. B. Hayes; also his appointment to be Recorder of Deeds in Washington by President J.A. Garfield; with many other interesting and important events of his most eventful life; with An Introduction by Mr. Geoirge L. Ruffin, of Boston.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. HIS EARLY LIFE AS A SLAVE, HIS ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE, AND HIS COMPLETE HISTORY TO THE PRESENT TIME; Including His connection with the anti-slavery movement; his labors in Great Britain as well as in his own country; his experiences in the conduct of an influential newspaper; his connection with the Underground Railroad; his relations with John Brown and the Harper's Ferry raid; his recruiting the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiments; his interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson; his appointment by Gen. Grant to accompany the Santo Domingo Commission -- also to a seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; his appointment as United States Marshal by President R. B. Hayes; also his appointment to be Recorder of Deeds in Washington by President J.A. Garfield; with many other interesting and important events of his most eventful life; with An Introduction by Mr. Geoirge L. Ruffin, of Boston.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. HIS EARLY LIFE AS A SLAVE, HIS ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE, AND HIS COMPLETE HISTORY TO THE PRESENT TIME; Including His connection with the anti-slavery movement; his labors in Great Britain as well as in his own country; his experiences in the conduct of an influential newspaper; his connection with the Underground Railroad; his relations with John Brown and the Harper's Ferry raid; his recruiting the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiments; his interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson; his appointment by Gen. Grant to accompany the Santo Domingo Commission -- also to a seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; his appointment as United States Marshal by President R. B. Hayes; also his appointment to be Recorder of Deeds in Washington by President J.A. Garfield; with many other interesting and important events of his most eventful life; with An Introduction by Mr. Geoirge L. Ruffin, of Boston.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. HIS EARLY LIFE AS A SLAVE, HIS ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE, AND HIS COMPLETE HISTORY TO THE PRESENT TIME; Including His connection with the anti-slavery movement; his labors in Great Britain as well as in his own country; his experiences in the conduct of an influential newspaper; his connection with the Underground Railroad; his relations with John Brown and the Harper's Ferry raid; his recruiting the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiments; his interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson; his appointment by Gen. Grant to accompany the Santo Domingo Commission -- also to a seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; his appointment as United States Marshal by President R. B. Hayes; also his appointment to be Recorder of Deeds in Washington by President J.A. Garfield; with many other interesting and important events of his most eventful life; with An Introduction by Mr. Geoirge L. Ruffin, of Boston.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. HIS EARLY LIFE AS A SLAVE, HIS ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE, AND HIS COMPLETE HISTORY TO THE PRESENT TIME; Including His connection with the anti-slavery movement; his labors in Great Britain as well as in his own country; his experiences in the conduct of an influential newspaper; his connection with the Underground Railroad; his relations with John Brown and the Harper's Ferry raid; his recruiting the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiments; his interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson; his appointment by Gen. Grant to accompany the Santo Domingo Commission -- also to a seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; his appointment as United States Marshal by President R. B. Hayes; also his appointment to be Recorder of Deeds in Washington by President J.A. Garfield; with many other interesting and important events of his most eventful life; with An Introduction by Mr. Geoirge L. Ruffin, of Boston.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. HIS EARLY LIFE AS A SLAVE, HIS ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE, AND HIS COMPLETE HISTORY TO THE PRESENT TIME; Including His connection with the anti-slavery movement; his labors in Great Britain as well as in his own country; his experiences in the conduct of an influential newspaper; his connection with the Underground Railroad; his relations with John Brown and the Harper's Ferry raid; his recruiting the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiments; his interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson; his appointment by Gen. Grant to accompany the Santo Domingo Commission -- also to a seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; his appointment as United States Marshal by President R. B. Hayes; also his appointment to be Recorder of Deeds in Washington by President J.A. Garfield; with many other interesting and important events of his most eventful life; with An Introduction by Mr. Geoirge L. Ruffin, of Boston.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. HIS EARLY LIFE AS A SLAVE, HIS ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE, AND HIS COMPLETE HISTORY TO THE PRESENT TIME; Including His connection with the anti-slavery movement; his labors in Great Britain as well as in his own country; his experiences in the conduct of an influential newspaper; his connection with the Underground Railroad; his relations with John Brown and the Harper's Ferry raid; his recruiting the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiments; his interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson; his appointment by Gen. Grant to accompany the Santo Domingo Commission -- also to a seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; his appointment as United States Marshal by President R. B. Hayes; also his appointment to be Recorder of Deeds in Washington by President J.A. Garfield; with many other interesting and important events of his most eventful life; with An Introduction by Mr. Geoirge L. Ruffin, of Boston.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. HIS EARLY LIFE AS A SLAVE, HIS ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE, AND HIS COMPLETE HISTORY TO THE PRESENT TIME; Including His connection with the anti-slavery movement; his labors in Great Britain as well as in his own country; his experiences in the conduct of an influential newspaper; his connection with the Underground Railroad; his relations with John Brown and the Harper's Ferry raid; his recruiting the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiments; his interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson; his appointment by Gen. Grant to accompany the Santo Domingo Commission -- also to a seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; his appointment as United States Marshal by President R. B. Hayes; also his appointment to be Recorder of Deeds in Washington by President J.A. Garfield; with many other interesting and important events of his most eventful life; with An Introduction by Mr. Geoirge L. Ruffin, of Boston.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. HIS EARLY LIFE AS A SLAVE, HIS ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE, AND HIS COMPLETE HISTORY TO THE PRESENT TIME; Including His connection with the anti-slavery movement; his labors in Great Britain as well as in his own country; his experiences in the conduct of an influential newspaper; his connection with the Underground Railroad; his relations with John Brown and the Harper's Ferry raid; his recruiting the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiments; his interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson; his appointment by Gen. Grant to accompany the Santo Domingo Commission -- also to a seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; his appointment as United States Marshal by President R. B. Hayes; also his appointment to be Recorder of Deeds in Washington by President J.A. Garfield; with many other interesting and important events of his most eventful life; with An Introduction by Mr. Geoirge L. Ruffin, of Boston.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. HIS EARLY LIFE AS A SLAVE, HIS ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE, AND HIS COMPLETE HISTORY TO THE PRESENT TIME; Including His connection with the anti-slavery movement; his labors in Great Britain as well as in his own country; his experiences in the conduct of an influential newspaper; his connection with the Underground Railroad; his relations with John Brown and the Harper's Ferry raid; his recruiting the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiments; his interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson; his appointment by Gen. Grant to accompany the Santo Domingo Commission -- also to a seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; his appointment as United States Marshal by President R. B. Hayes; also his appointment to be Recorder of Deeds in Washington by President J.A. Garfield; with many other interesting and important events of his most eventful life; with An Introduction by Mr. Geoirge L. Ruffin, of Boston.

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. HIS EARLY LIFE AS A SLAVE, HIS ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE, AND HIS COMPLETE HISTORY TO THE PRESENT TIME; Including His connection with the anti-slavery movement; his labors in Great Britain as well as in his own country; his experiences in the conduct of an influential newspaper; his connection with the Underground Railroad; his relations with John Brown and the Harper's Ferry raid; his recruiting the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiments; his interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson; his appointment by Gen. Grant to accompany the Santo Domingo Commission -- also to a seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; his appointment as United States Marshal by President R. B. Hayes; also his appointment to be Recorder of Deeds in Washington by President J.A. Garfield; with many other interesting and important events of his most eventful life; with An Introduction by Mr. Geoirge L. Ruffin, of Boston.

Hartford, Connecticut: Park Publishing Co. (Geo. M. Rewell & Co., Cleveland, O.; J.S. Goodman & Co., Chicago, Ill; Phillips & Hunt, San Francisco, Cal.), 1882. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Frontis engraving of Frederick Douglass by Augustus Robin. Original reddish-brown stamped cloth. Neatly rebacked with sympathetic cloth, with a (cut-out) title portion of the original spine laid down. Rubbing to extremities. Solidly bound. Clean and solid copy. 618 pp. 18 engravings, one of which has been reinforced after a probable closed tear.

Douglass's third autobiography, his autobiographies updated several times since first being published in 1845, as the events of his life unfolded, and considerably added-to each time. Good Plus. Item #85320

Bookplate of "Gath" to front pastedown. Civil War newspaper correspondent and journalist George Alfred Townsend (1841-1914) wrote as "Gath". The monument shown on the bookplate was erected on Townsend's estate in Maryland, and still stands.

Price: $500.00

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