There Was Once a Slave: The Heroic Story of Frederick Douglass

by Shirley Graham

This is the story of one of the noblest men in American history-a man who escaped from slavery to become one of the great leaders of his century-a friend to Lincoln and other great statesmen of his generation.

Thirty years before the Civil War Frederick Douglass was a slave-his lot, hard labor in the cotton fields, frequent lashings, a starvation diet, and prayers before breakfast.

How Douglass learned to read and taught his fellow...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DPRFPGM4
• ISBN13: 9798888180808
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Purple House Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7