Written by himself. His early life as a slave, his escape from bondage, and his complete history to the present time, including his connection with the anti-slavery movement his labors in Great Britain as well as in his own country; his experience in the conduct of an influential newspaper; his connection with the underground railroad; his relations with John Brown and the Harper’s Ferry Rain; his recruiting the 54th and 55th Mass. colored regiments; his interviews with presidents Lincoln and Johnson; his appointment by Gen. Grant to accompany the Santo Domingo commission– Also to a seat in the council of the District of Columbia; his appointment as United States Marshall by President R. B. Hayes; also his appointment to be recorder of deeds in Washington by President J. A. Garfield; with many other interesting and important events of his most eventful life; with an Introduction by Mr. George L. Ruffin, of Boston.
