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Who was Frederick Douglass? by April Jones Prince ; illustrated by Robert Squier

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Who WasPublication details: New York Penguin Workshop 2014Description: 105 p. illustrations, mapsISBN:
  • 9780448479118 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.7/114092 B
Summary: 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.
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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.

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