Frederick Douglass - An American Life

A documentary on the personal and public life of the orator, emancipator, and statesman Frederick Douglass as told in his own words. Using flashbacks, re-creates critical events that shaped his life. Covers his years as a slave, his escape, his relationships with William Garrison, John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and Harriet Tubman, and his newspaper and family life.

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