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== Special Edition for Low Vision Readers == Frederick Douglass was 27 in 1845 when he changed the world with his honest and detailed account of growing up enslaved. In this first of two volumes, he describes his childhood and learning to read. This volume is Chapters 1-9 of the full text in Super Large Print. About Super Large Print All our books are published with a font designed for maximum readability at twice the size of traditional Large Print books. You can see a sample of Super Large Print at superlargeprint.com KEEP ON READING!

Born into a family of slaves, Frederick Douglass educated himself through sheer determination. His unconquered will to triumph over his circumstances makes his one of America's best and most unlikely success stories. Douglass' own account of his journey from slave to one of America's great statesmen, writers, and orators is as fascinating as it is inspiring.We are happy to announce this classic book. Many of the books in our collection have not been published for decades and are therefore not broadly available to the readers. Our goal is to access the very large literary repository of general public books. The main contents of our entire classical books are the original works. To ensure high quality products, all the titles are chosen carefully by our staff. We hope you enjoy this classic.

This book is printed in a 16 pt. large print for ease of reading.This classic of American literature, a dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave, was first published in 1845, when its author had just achieved his freedom. Its shocking first-hand account of the horrors of slavery became an international best seller. His eloquence led Frederick Douglass to become the first great African-American leader in the United States. - Douglass rose through determination, brilliance and eloquence to shape the American Nation. - He was an abolitionist, human rights and women's rights activist, orator, author, journalist, publisher and social reformer - His personal relationship with Abraham Lincoln helped persuade the President to make emancipation a cause of the Civil War.