The Heroic Slave by Frederick Douglass

This novella tells the story of Madison Washington, an enslaved man who leads a rebellion on the Creole while being sent from Virginia to be sold in New Orleans. Although the story is based on true events, the life of Washington before the mutiny is fictionalized. The story never adopts the perspective of Washington; events are narrated first through the lens of Mr. Listwell and then sailors who had been on the ship. There are some gothic moments in this otherwise sentimental story.