Frederick Douglass was an African-American abolitionist who had much to say on everything. Known to his friends as a visionary, known to his detractors as a windbag who affected importance, he nevertheless attracted attention through his strongly worded essays and newspaper articles where he spoke out about the atrocities of his day. Douglass himself was an escaped slave, and did much to campaign against slavery throughout his life. He also aided African-Americans in various causes that were geared mostly towards equal rights.
With Political Change In Europe, I hate to say it, but Douglass is in over his head. He has no idea of what he speaks and comes off like a completely ill-informed fool. I would definitely not recommend it, unless you find this sort of thing to be unintentionally humorous, for this tome is a severely dull, never-ending rambling by a man who didn’t understand his subject, so how will you, dear reader, understand a man who lacks the basic understanding of the subject at hand? Try Gore Vidal (or someone else of that calibre) instead.