Frederick Douglass (1817 – 1895) was an ex-slave who wrote three accounts of his life as a slave, runaway, and campaigner for the abolition of slavery: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845), My Bondage and My Freedom (1855) and The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881).
The life and times of Frederick Douglass 1817-1882, available from the LibertyFund Library of Liberty.