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.
Age - 8+
Grade - 3rd+
Author -
April Jones PrincePublisher - Penguin
Format - Paperback
Pages - 112
Dimensions -
5.33 x 0.27 x 7.63 inches
