The Heroic Slave was Frederick Douglass ' only piece of fiction.
He wrote it in response to the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society's request for a submission to be included in their anthology Autographs for Freedom.
The Heroic Slave is a retelling of an actual rebellion led by Madison Washington on the slave ship Creole.
Douglass shows how the rebellion is part of a revolution and therefore fundamentally American.
Wilder Publications The heroic slave (an african american heritage book), hardcover/frederick douglass
