A review by mrpatperkins
The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave's Journey from Bondage to Freedom by David F. Walker

5.0

Frederick Douglass is one of those historical characters you learn about at an early age, but you never really get a full picture of until much later, if you’re lucky. I knew he was an abolitionist and a tremendous orator, a friend of Abraham Lincoln—and that’s about it. This graphic novel biography gives that fuller picture, showing how much of a badass Frederick Douglass really was. He fought back against his enslavers, he escaped from enslavement, he spoke out again and again against slavery, even under the constant threat of violence. This book tells his story from Douglass’s point of view, exposing his regrets as well as praising his accomplishments.