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Who Was Frederick Douglass? - (Who Was?) by April Jones Prince & Who Hq (Paperback)

Who Was Frederick Douglass? - (Who Was?) by  April Jones Prince & Who Hq (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Presents the life of the man who escaped slavery in Maryland to become a speaker and writer for abolition and the rights of African Americans and women, focusing on his childhood and youth as a slave.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>April Jones Prince is the author of several children's books, including <i>Who Was Mark Twain?</i>

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