Race relations, especially between blacks and whites, have always been a
problematic and fiery issue throughout United States' history. Frederick Douglass was a
self-taught black man who wrote about his experiences as a slave. In his book, "From
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave", he makes many brilliant
depictions and insights into the injustices and cruelty of slavery. In 1863, Lincoln
announced the Emancipation Proclamation and blacks were forever freed from slavery.
However, this did not put an end to racial tension or to the black man's hope for racial
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