Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
Read by Lee Smalley
Frederick Douglass published his highly acclaimed third autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, in 1881 and revised it in 1892. The emancipation of American slaves during and following the American Civil War enabled him to relate in this volume more details of his life as a slave and his escape from slavery than he could in his two previous autobiographies, which would have put him and his family in danger. It is the only Douglass autobiography to discuss his life during and after the Civil War, his encounters with several American presidents including Lincoln and Garfield, his account of the ill-fated "Freedman's Bank", and his service as the United States Marshall of the District of Columbia and as U. S. Minister to Haiti. This masterfully written book is all the more remarkable because it is the product of one who as a slave was denied the right to any schooling. ~ Adapted from Wikipedia by Lee Smalley (23 hr 4 min)
Chapters
Introduction | 20:28 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Author's Birth | 5:52 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Removal from Grandmother's | 8:50 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Troubles of Childhood | 6:50 | Read by Lee Smalley |
A General Survey of the Slave Plantation | 19:02 | Read by Lee Smalley |
A Slaveholder's Character | 11:07 | Read by Lee Smalley |
A Child's Reasoning | 17:07 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Luxuries at the Great House | 16:10 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Characteristics of Overseers | 10:16 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Change of Location | 14:08 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Learning to Read | 10:00 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Growing in Knowledge | 15:35 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Religious Nature Awakened | 15:30 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Vicissitudes of Slave Life | 18:01 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Experience in St. Michaels | 26:59 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Covey, the Negro Breaker | 29:23 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Another Pressure of the Tyrant's Vice | 16:13 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Last Flogging | 25:54 | Read by Lee Smalley |
New Relations and Duties | 22:06 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Runaway Plot | 51:27 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Apprenticeship Life | 26:58 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Escape from Slavery, Part 1 | 16:33 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Escape from Slavery, Part 2 | 11:30 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Life as a Freeman | 31:51 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Introduced to the Abolitionists | 11:10 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Recollections of Old Friends | 14:33 | Read by Lee Smalley |
One Hundred Conventions | 14:12 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Impressions Abroad | 1:06:18 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Triumphs and Trials | 28:08 | Read by Lee Smalley |
John Brown and Mrs. Stowe | 48:43 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Increasing Demands of the Slave Power | 52:27 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Beginning of the End | 43:40 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Secession and War | 41:41 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Hope for the Nation | 53:08 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Vast Changes | 58:51 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Living and Learning | 19:38 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Weighed in the Balance | 1:15:46 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Time Makes All Things Even | 29:45 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Incidents and Events | 30:19 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Honor to Whom Honor | 21:36 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Retrospection | 13:18 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Appendix | 1:06:17 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Later Life | 13:00 | Read by Lee Smalley |
A Grand Occasion | 12:17 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Doubts as to Garfield's Course | 7:38 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Recorder of Deeds | 10:44 | Read by Lee Smalley |
President Cleveland's Administration | 15:05 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Supreme Court Decision | 35:04 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Defeat of James G. Blaine | 6:14 | Read by Lee Smalley |
European Tour | 12:03 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Continuation of European Tour | 1:09:52 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Campaign of 1888 | 10:35 | Read by Lee Smalley |
The Administration of President Harrison | 6:32 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Minister to Haiti | 21:19 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Continued Negotiations for the Mole St. Nicolas | 26:52 | Read by Lee Smalley |
Reviews
Interesting Historical Perspective
Paladin
the reader was excellent. hearing the perspective from someone living through these historical events is interesting and puts current political "crisis" in perspective.
Outstanding
A LibriVox Listener
The reader is excellent! The story is a more detailed account of one of the greatest abolitionists in history.
A MUST listen
Compulsive Reader
So glad I listened to this book. Such an amazing man and so well written. An example to all of us, no matter your background, to achieve anything in life! I especially appreciated his reverence to Paganini’s violin on his tour through Europe, this added a special touch for me, a lover of classical music.The narrator, Mr. Lee Smalley is exceptional. Thanks to all, JK
great book
adam
An important book in each of its three sections, life as a slave, life after slavery, and the ten years following the writing of the first sections. It gives a valuable perspective into slavery and of the tireless fight for freedom and equality b one of 19th century’s most important and eloquent spokesmen.
A crucial insight into slavery and the Civil War
steveweing
As a white man, somehow I put this historical document on a back burner as just the black view of key historical events. Instead I ended up admiring this great man and learned more than from many historians. Good audio reading as well. Very good.
Remarkable
Reader88
Such a stirring, momentous, eventful life. Without a doubt one of the greatest orators of his time. I received more insight into the period from Mr. Douglass' words than from all my schooling. And my applause to the reader, a remarkable work.
Very informative
KC Ray
very good narration by Mr. Smalley. I need to listen to this several more times so that I, too, can start increasing my vocabulary. I hadn't known that Mr. Douglas was involved in so many aspects of American history.
Alexcia
this is the most beautiful and eloquent writing, powerful, observant and honest. The true story of the life of slaves is of unbearable hardship, heinous human treatment, a powerful shame of the US. Everyone must read it.