Who Was Frederick Douglass?

By April Jones Prince, Who HQ & Robert Squier

Release : 2014-12-26

Genre : Biographies for Kids, Books, Kids, Young Adult, Biographies for Young Adults

Kind : ebook

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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.

Who Was Frederick Douglass?

By April Jones Prince, Who HQ & Robert Squier

Release : 2014-12-26

Genre : Biographies for Kids, Books, Kids, Young Adult, Biographies for Young Adults

Kind : ebook

4.5 (0 ratings)
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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