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Life and times of Frederick Douglass : 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 raid, 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 Marshal by President R.B. Hayes, also his appointment by President J.A. Garfield to be recorder of deeds in Washington ; with many other interesting and important events of his most eventful life