Who was Frederick Douglass?

Who was Frederick Douglass?

April Jones Prince

Book - 2014

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.

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Subjects
Douglass, Frederick, > 1818-1895 > Juvenile literature.
Abolitionists > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African American abolitionists > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Antislavery movements > Juvenile literature.
Enslaved persons > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Published
New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC [2014]
Language
English
Main Author
April Jones Prince (author)
Other Authors
Robert Squier (illustrator)
Physical Description
105 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Audience
850L
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-105).
ISBN
9780448479118
9780606361842
  • Who was Frederick Douglass?
  • A young slave
  • Baltimore
  • Becoming a man
  • Escape!
  • Life in the North
  • The North Star
  • War between the states
  • Marshal Douglass
  • Timelines.

Who Was Frederick Douglass? Frederick Douglass was born a slave. Just like a horse or a plow, he was the property of a white man. From a young age, Frederick wondered why that was so. Wasn't he as smart, strong, and deserving of liberty as anyone else? At the time Frederick was born, in 1818, there were 1.5 million black slaves in the southern United States. Most didn't learn to read. This was against the law! But Frederick taught himself to read and write. Most slaves didn't risk their lives to run away to freedom. This was against the law, too. But Frederick escaped and helped others do the same. Excerpted from Who Was Frederick Douglass? by April Jones Prince All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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