Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 – 1896) was famous American abolitionist and author who wrote over 30 books, with her most famous work being "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Frederick Douglass (1818 – 1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writings. The Opportunity for Every Man in a Republic The Depth Below a White Man's Poverty The Starting Point whence Fred Douglass Raised Himself His Mother Her Noble Traits Her Self-Denial for the sake of Seeing him She Defends him against Aunt Katy Her Death—Col. Loyd's Plantation The Luxury of his own Mansion The Organization of his Estate " Old Master" How they Punished the "Women How Young Douglass Philosophized on Being a Slave Plantation Life The Allowance of Food The Clothes An Average Plantation Day Mr. Douglass' Experience as a Slave Child The Slave Children's Trough The Slave Child's Thoughts The Melancholy of Slave Songs He Becomes a House Servant A Kind Mistress Teaches him to Head How he completed his Education Effects of Learning to Read Experiences Religion and Prays for Liberty Learns to Write—Hires his Time, and Absconds Becomes a Free Working-Man in New Bedford Marries—Mr. Douglass on Garrison Mr. Douglass' Literary Career. This book originally published in 1868 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.