Kyle Harrison
to-read
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
- Author
- Frederick Douglass
- Published
- 1881
- Pages
- 576
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: The third and longest of Douglass’s autobiographies, carrying the story past emancipation into his years as a public official.
Where I saw it: Shown as a nineteenth-century leather-bound spine in the shelf photo @romanhelmetguy posted on X, December 16, 2025, illustrating his rule that “half the books you read must be from before WW2.” https://x.com/romanhelmetguy/status/2000775031949824123
Connections
- Racism — the subject.
- Republic of Letters — the tradition Douglass wrote himself into.