Richard D Webb, the Irish Quaker and anti-slavery activist, who hosted Douglass in Dublin. THE INCREDIBLE journey of America???s famous runaway slave Frederick Douglass whose life was transformed after his two-year tour of Victorian Britain is illustrated in a new biographical book. Vintage portraits include Hans Christian Andersen, author of the Little Mermaid, who Frederick spent time with in London and children???s author Charles Dickens, who admired Frederick???s work. Another portrait shows Scottish poet Robert Burns, who Frederick greatly admired and a visual of himself in 1862. Another picture reveals the ???last moments??? of American abolitionist, John Brown, when he kissed an African-American child whilst being escorted out of jail under heavy guard. The fascinating photos are part of a biographical book called ???I Was Transformed??? Frederick Douglass: An American Slave in Victorian Britain by writer and editor, Laurence Fenton. It is published by Amberley Publishing. Quaker Historical Library / Laurence Fenton / Amberley Publishing / mediadrumworld.com