Frederick Douglass
A Noble Life
New York : Holiday House, [2010]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 138 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
When, in 1879, a bust in his likeness was placed at the University of Rochester, Frederick Douglass wrote: "Incidents of this character do much amaze me. It is not, however, the height to which I have risen, but the depth from which I have come that amazes me." This biography tells the story of his ascent from slavery.
Contents:
"I sobbed myself to sleep" -- "Many children but no family" -- "Why am I a slave?" -- "The turning point" -- "You rascal" -- New Bedford: "I had no master" -- The lecture circuit : "I can tell you what I have seen" -- "From house to house, and from heart to heart -- "What, to an American slave, is your 4th of July?" -- Foreshadowed a conflict on a larger scale -- "To arms!" -- "A sacred effort" -- "Young in liberty and old in slavery" -- The African-American : "like a man in a morass" -- "From first to last : a noble life" -- Important dates in the life of Frederick Douglass.
Subjects:
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Teen literature.
Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography -- Teen literature.
African American abolitionists -- Biography -- Teen literature.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- Teen literature.
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 -- Teen literature.
Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography -- Teen literature.
African American abolitionists -- Biography -- Teen literature.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- Teen literature.
Target Audience: 1060L
ISBN:
9780823420568 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T BIOGRAPHY Douglass, Frederick | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Teen Biography | In |
T BIOGRAPHY Douglass | Northeast Indoors | Teen Biography | In |
T BIOGRAPHY Douglass | Wheatley (Shandon) | Teen Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-132) and index.
A Junior Library Guild selection
A Junior Library Guild selection