
Who Was Frederick Douglass?
Series: Who Was? Author: April Jones Prince Category: Activism and Social Justice, Biographies and Non-Fiction, Black History, Civil Rights, Elementary School, Politics and Government, Prejudice and Racism, Slavery, Upper Elementary, Writing and Literature Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group Country: United States Language: English Reading Age: Elementary School, Upper Elementary Illustrator: Robert Squier More DetailsBorn 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?
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