**Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents the only authoritative edition of all three autobiographies by the escaped slave who became a great American leader.** Here in this Library of America volume are collected Frederick Douglass's three autobiographical narratives, now recognized as classics of both A
Frederick Douglass for Kids
β Scribed by Sanders, Nancy I
- Book ID
- 107253923
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 7 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781569767177
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β¦ Synopsis
Few Americans have had as much impact on this nation as Frederick Douglass. Born on a plantation, he later escaped slavery and helped others to freedom via the Underground Railroad. In time he became a bestselling author, an outspoken newspaper editor, a brilliant orator, a tireless abolitionist, and a brave civil rights leader. He was famous on both sides of the Atlantic in the years leading up to the Civil War, and when war broke out, Abraham Lincoln invited him to the White House for counsel and advice. ΠΒ ΠΒ ΠΒ ΠΒ ΠΒ ΠΒ ΠΒ ΠΒ ΠΒ ΠΒ ΠΒ Frederick Douglass for Kids follows the footsteps of this American hero, from his birth into slavery to his becoming a friend and confidant of presidents and the leading African American of his day. And to better appreciate Frederick Douglass and his times, readers will form a debating club, cook a meal similar to the one Douglass shared with John Brown, make a civil war haversack, participate in a microlending...
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