Focusing on the life of Madison Washington, the text bears strong parallels to Douglass's own Narrative, published eight years previously, as well as Douglass's numerous addresses on the abolitionist lecture circuit. First published in the self-edited Frederick Douglass's Paper, the novella was also included in the 1853 gift-book Autographs for Freedom, edited by Julia W. historian Junius Rodriguez explains, the mutiny aboard the Creole succeeded due to "a combination of maritime skills, information circulated by other slaves about slavery resistance, and knowledge of the region in which they lived" (p. Once in Nassau, they were allowed to go free by the British soldiers guarding the port, except for the nineteen leaders of the mutiny. In 1841, a slave ship named Creole was hijacked when the 135 slaves on board broke free from their shackles, overwhelmed the ship's white crew, and demanded to be transported to the Bahamas. 752).ĭouglass's only published work of fiction, The Heroic Slave appeared in 1853, and its protagonists and plot are loosely based on actual people and events. At the end of his final autobiography, Douglass looked back favorably on his life's work, concluding that "although it has at times been dark and stormy, and I have met with hardships from which other men have been exempted, yet my life has in many respects been remarkably full of sunshine and joy" (p. He published four versions of his autobiography: the 1845 Narrative My Bondage and My Freedom (1855) Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881) and an expanded version of Life and Times (1892). Marshal for the District of Columbia, President of the Freedman's Bank for former slaves, and Consul General to the Republic of Haiti. Presidents, a city council member and U.S. He went on to serve as an advisor to several U.S. Upon his return to the United States, Douglass officially parted ways with William Lloyd Garrison's American Anti-Slavery Society and began to publish a series of abolitionist newspapers. Abolitionists in England purchased his freedom in 1846.
After his Narrative was published, Douglass traveled and lectured throughout England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Douglass won early renown as a fugitive slave on the abolitionist lecture circuit, and the 1845 publication of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave extended his fame throughout the U.S. Throughout his life, he worked to advance the twin causes of abolition and racial equality in the United States. Frederick Douglass is one of the most celebrated writers in the African American literary tradition.
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