Who Was Frederick Douglass?

by April Jones Prince

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0448479117
• ISBN13: 9780448479118
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Penguin Workshop
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6