Douglass was the first slave to stand publicly and declare his fugitive status, became a prolific lecturer, and published many newspapers during his lifetime which he devoted to causes in the name of  "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"  for  all, as set forth in the United States Declaration of Independence Preface: Some narratives began with a preface and for this book, there is a preface and it begins by William Lloyd Garrison and a letter to Douglass from Wendell Phillips, he starts out his preface by telling us how he and Douglass meet. They met at an abolitionist conventi...

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