1845: Douglass' first book

The former slave was an eloquent speaker and writer; of his first book he opined: "... the publishing of my Narrative was regarded by my friends with mingled feelings of satisfaction and apprehension. They were glad to have the doubts and insinuations which the advocates and apologists of slavery had made against me proved to the world to be false, but they had many fears lest this very proof would endanger my safety ..."