Frederick Douglass: Self-Made Man

by Timothy Sandefur

Book Overview

Born into slavery in 1818, Frederick Douglass rose to become one of the nation's foremost intellectuals--a statesman, author, lecturer, and scholar who helped lead the fight against slavery and racial oppression. Unlike other leading abolitionists, however, Douglass embraced the U.S. Constitution, insisting that it was an essentially anti-slavery document and that its guarantees for individual rights belonged to all Americans, of whatever race...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1944424857
• ISBN13: 9781944424855
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Cato Institute
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.9"