"Without struggle, there is no progress". In 1899, Charles Chesnutt was commissioned by Small Maynard and Company to write a biography of Frederick Douglass to be included in the famous Beacon Series. ... Chesnutt was the first African American invited to write for this series and Frederick Douglass was the first African American biography included. ... These works were Followed by the novels: One House Behind The Cedars, The Marrow of Tradition, and The Colonel's Dream. ... He met William Lloyd Garrison, was hired by the Massachusetts Abolitionist Society and became one of ...

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