Frederick Douglass : the lion who wrote history /
Myers, Walter Dean,1937-2014,author.
Cooper, Floyd,illustrator.
Frederick Douglass was a self-educated slave in the South who grew up to become an icon. He was a leader of the abolitionist movement, a celebrated writer, an esteemed speaker, and a social reformer, proving that, as he said, "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."
Includes bibliographical references.
Frederick Douglass was a self-educated slave in the South who grew up to become an icon. He was a leader of the abolitionist movement, a celebrated writer, an esteemed speaker, and a social reformer, proving that, as he said, "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
Slaves
Abolitionists
African American abolitionists
Antislavery movements
African Americans
Abolitionists.
African American abolitionists.
African Americans.
Antislavery movements.
Slaves.