Life and Times of Frederick Douglass is Frederick Douglass's third autobiography, published in 1881 and revised in 1892. Because of the emancipation of American slaves during and following the American Civil War, Douglass gave more details about his life as a slave and his escape from slavery in this volume than he could in his two previous autobiographies. It is Douglass's only autobiography to discuss his life during and after the Civil War, including his encounters with American presidents such as Lincoln and Garfield, his account of the ill-fated "Freedman's Bank", and his service as the United States Marshall of the District of Columbia. Frederick Douglass shed light on his life as a slave. Although it is the least studied and analyzed of the autobiographies, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass allows readers to view his life as a whole.