Abolitionist Frederick Douglass was the most distinguished and influential black leaders of the nineteenth century. Douglass focused his writings on the harshness and brutality of slavery. He describes in many of his books accounts of his own experiences as a slave. A reader is able to perceive a clear image of slavery through Douglass' words. His writings explain the effects of slavery and the struggle to overthrow it, as well as the condition of free …showed first 75 words of 668 total…

…showed last 75 words of 668 total…of the slaves would immediately unite the world in favor of the government of America.         Douglass wrote an autobiography to show everyone the inhumane side of slavery. Most people did not know of slavery's brutality until Douglass wrote about it. Douglass wrote about the Civil War to get more people to help save and free the slaves. The writings of Douglass were a significant record of the struggles of African-Americans in the nineteenth-century United States.