Who was Frederick Douglass? / by April Jones Prince ; illustrated by Robert Squier.
Material type: TextSeries: Who was-- ?Publisher: New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, [2014]Description: 105 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0448479117 (pbk)
- 1480665452 (Paw Prints)
- 9780448479118 (pbk)
- 9781480665453 (Paw Prints)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Biography | Douglass F. P954 | Available | 33111007953645 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Born into slavery in Maryland in 1818, Frederick Douglass was determined to gain freedom--and once he realized that knowledge was power, he secretly learned to read and write to give himself an advantage. After escaping to the North in 1838, as a free man he gave powerful speeches about his experience as a slave. He was so impressive that he became a friend of President Abraham Lincoln, as well as one of the most famous abolitionists of the nineteenth century.
Includes bibliographical references.
Presents the life of the man who escaped slavery in Maryland to become a speaker and writer for abolition and the rights of African Americans and women, focusing on his childhood and youth as a slave.
Ages 8-12.