Douglass called himself an American slave, remember that slavery was not in some foreign land, but happened in America, the land of the free. The book has a more casual register because Douglass wants the reader to understand it. But there are higher reading levels and some parts of the book can be difficult to read. Diction One of the most striking aspects of this novel is the physicality of the novel itself. The font style is Times New Roman, which is the primary font throughout the book, and is presented as an acceptable size for rhetoricians. Furthermore, the novel is devoid of images in the book except for the cover, which shows an aged Fredrick Douglas. Accordingly, the back cover also depicts a memo with details about Douglass's life and an explanation of why this book is the most effective of his three autobiographies. From these aspects alone one could conclude that the publisher chose to exhibit an abolitionist program as it shows Douglass's experience as a