| The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History Contributor(s): Douglass, Frederick (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486431703 ISBN-13: 9780486431703 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2003 Annotation: Raised as a plantation slave, Douglass went on to become a writer, orator, and major participant in the struggle for African-American freedom and equality. In this engrossing narrative he recounts early years of abuse; his dramatic escape to the North and eventual freedom, abolitionist campaigns, and his crusade for full civil rights for former slaves. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2003055502 |
| Lexile Measure: 1400 |
| Series: African American |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (1.3 lbs) 470 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Born around 1817 in Maryland, Frederick Douglass was a former plantation slave who went on to become a brilliant writer and eloquent orator. In this amazing first-hand narrative, published in 1881, he vividly recounts his early years, which were filled with physical abuse, deprivation, and tragedy; his dramatic escapes to the North, recapture, and eventual freedom; his work for the Anti-Slavery Society and influential role in speaking for other African-Americans; his abolitionist campaigns, and crusade for full civil rights for former slaves. |