Free at Last (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Arna Bontemps
- First Published: 1971
- Time of Work: 1838–1895
- Setting: Maryland, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Europe, and Africa
- Principal Characters: Frederick Douglass, Anna Douglass, John Brown, James Buffum, Maria Chapman, William Lloyd Garrison, Ellen Richardson, Abraham Lincoln
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: African Americans, Social action, Freedom, Abolitionists, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Biography
- Locales: Africa, Europe, New York, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts
Form and Content
In Free at Last: The Life of Frederick Douglass, Arna Bontemps provides both a narrative of the life of Douglass, a former slave, and a richly detailed account of the abolitionist, or antislavery, movement. The work is divided into ten chapters that recount the experiences of Douglass and his relationship to many of the leading abolitionists during the years between 1840 and 1865.
The biography takes as its starting point Douglass’ escape from slavery at the age of twenty. Details from his childhood, when he was a slave in Baltimore County, are...
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