Young Frederick Douglass
Title | Young Frederick Douglass PDF eBook |
Author | Dickson J. Preston |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 301 |
Release | 2018-08-22 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1421425947 |
This highly regarded biography traces the life and times of Frederick Douglass, from his birth on Maryland's Eastern Shore in 1818 to 1838, when he escaped from slavery to emerge upon the national scene.
Young Frederick Douglass
Title | Young Frederick Douglass PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Woods |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780439878593 |
A biography of the escaped slave who became an orator, writer, and leader in the abolitionist movement in the nineteenth century.
Young Frederick Douglass
Title | Young Frederick Douglass PDF eBook |
Author | Linda Walvoord |
Publisher | Albert Whitman |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN |
Realizing that the ability to read and write could be a step to freedom, young Frederick requested that his mistress, Sophia Auld, teach him to read along with her own five-year-old son, and she did until she learned that it was illegal to teach a slave to read.
Words Set Me Free
Title | Words Set Me Free PDF eBook |
Author | Lesa Cline-Ransome |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2012-01-24 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1442449713 |
The inspirational, true story of how Frederick Douglass found his way to freedom one word at a time. This picture book biography chronicles the youth of Frederick Douglass, one of the most prominent African American figures in American history. Douglass spent his life advocating for the equality of all, and it was through reading that he was able to stand up for himself and others. Award-winning husband-wife team Lesa Cline-Ransome and James E. Ransome present a moving and captivating look at the young life of the inspirational man who said, “I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”
A Picture Book of Frederick Douglass
Title | A Picture Book of Frederick Douglass PDF eBook |
Author | David A. Adler |
Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2018-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1430130415 |
"Adler, a prolific children's book author, has done a good job describing the trajectory of Douglass's life as he moved from being a slave himself to being a freer of slaves and a tireless civil rights activist. Narrator Charles Turner, who has a deep and resonant voice, uses just the right matter-of-fact yet serious tones that won't overwhelm young listeners but will make an impression on them." -AudioFile
Young Frederick Douglass
Title | Young Frederick Douglass PDF eBook |
Author | Laurence Santrey |
Publisher | Troll Communications Llc |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780893758585 |
The early life of the slave who became an abolitionist, journalist and statesman is presented.
Young Frederick Douglass
Title | Young Frederick Douglass PDF eBook |
Author | Laurence Santrey |
Publisher | Troll Communications |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780893758578 |
The early life of the slave who became an abolitionist, journalist and statesman is presented.