Within the eleven chapters of this book is perhaps one of the most powerful pieces of writing that help to fuel the abolitionist movement to remove the inhumanity of slavery in the United States. Written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. It is commonly agreed to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. As a journey from slave to free man it is a powerful absorbing piece that uplifts the soul of free people everywhere.