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The Heroic Slave was Frederick Douglass' only piece of fiction. He wrote it in response to the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society's request for a submission to be included in their anthology Autographs for Freedom. The Heroic Slave is a retelling of an actual rebellion led by Madison Washington on the slave ship Creole. Douglass shows how the rebellion is part of a revolution and therefore fundamentally American.
I wanted to read this after hearing about the greatest revolution in history and the man behind it. This was well written, but I may be biased. I'm a fan of Fredrick Douglas and his writings.
Heroic Slave (an African American Heritage Book) | 
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