num_pages: 80
description: Illus. in black-and-white. Opening note by Coretta Scott King. For the first time, the most important account ever written of a childhood in slavery is accessible to young readers. From his days as a young boy on a plantation to his first months as a freeman in Massachusetts, here are Douglass's own firsthand experiences vividly recounted--expertly excerpted and powerfully illustrated.
language: English
title: Escape from Slavery: The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass in His Own Words
titlecomplete: Escape from Slavery: The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass in His Own Words
genres: African American, Biography, Classics, History, Nonfiction, Memoir
ratings_count: 128
publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers