Which author published The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and helped found the North Star?

• A. Frederick Douglass
• B. Harriet Tubman
• C. Sojourner Truth
• D. William Lloyd Garrison

Answer: (A)

Frederick Douglass is the one who wrote his own narrative and helped launch The North Star. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is Douglass’s autobiographical account, published in 1845, detailing his life as a enslaved person and his escape to freedom. This work established him as a powerful voice against slavery and a skilled advocate for abolition. In 1847 he founded The North Star, an abolitionist newspaper that provided a platform for his writings and for the broader fight to end slavery. Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth were key abolitionists and advocates for women’s rights, and William Lloyd Garrison was a major abolitionist publisher, but none of them published Douglass’s narrative or founded The North Star.