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.
ISBN: | 9780448479118 |
Publisher: | Penguin Young Readers Group |
Imprint: | Penguin Workshop |
Published date: | 26 Apr 2016 |
DEWEY: | 973.7114092 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Weight: | 128g |
Height: | 137mm |
Width: | 193mm |
Spine width: | 7mm |