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Frederick Douglass
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Dana Meachen Rau |
A biography of Frederick Douglass, an author who wrote a book about his life as a slave in America, and a speaker who spoke out against slavery. |
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Let's meet Frederick Douglass
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Lisa Trumbauer |
Simple text and photographs introduce the life of Frederick Douglass, including his childhood, life as a slave, escape to freedom, founding of a newspaper, public speaking, and public service. |
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The Civil War and Reconstruction
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Stuart A. Kallen |
Scans Black history from the earliest struggles for allowing free states to enter the union to Reconstruction and white resistance, profiles such figures as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Bo… |
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Against Slavery
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Mason I. Lowance,Theodore Dwight Weld,Cotton Mather,Frederick Douglass,Robert Dale Owen,Alexander Crummell,William Lloyd Garrison |
Assembles more than forty speeches, lectures, and essays critical to the abolitionist crusade. Features William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Lydia Maria Child, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Beeche… |
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Harriet Tubman
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Kem Knapp Sawyer |
An illustrated exploration of the life of Harriet Tubman that covers her childhood, experiences as a slave, escape to freedom, work on the Underground Railroad, antislavery activism, and other topics. |
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Frederick Douglass
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Helaine Becker |
Offers a brief biography of the slave who became a great orator and his contribution to American society. |
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Home Is With Our Family
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Joyce Hansen |
Now that she is turning thirteen, Maria Peterson envisions new adult prestige and responsibility, like attending abolitionist meetings and listening to inspiring speakers such as Sojourner Truth. The… |
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William Lloyd Garrison
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Thomas, William |
Profiles the life and work of the abolitionist and journalist who published his beliefs about antislavery. |
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Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass and other writings
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Frederick Douglass |
A collation of works by Douglass |
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President of the Underground Railroad
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Gwenyth Swain |
A biography of a Quaker man from North Carolina whose fearless work on the Underground Railroad in Indiana and Ohio helped thousands of men and women escape the cruelty of slavery. |
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Sojourner Truth
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Terry Whalin |
A biography of Sojourner Truth, a woman born a slave in the late 1700s whose faith and strong will helped her escape to freedom and become a speaker for the rights of the oppressed. |
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By freedom's light
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Elizabeth O'Maley |
Unhappy after moving from North Carolina to Indiana in 1842, twelve-year-old Sarah does not share the abolitionist views of her new stepmother until she meets a young slave named Polly. |
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Frederick Douglass
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Melva Lawson Ware |
Discusses the life and times of Frederick Douglass, a man who escaped slavery and became an orator, writer, and leader in the anti-slavery movement in the nineteenth century. |
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Lewis Hayden and the War Against Slavery
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Joel Strangis |
A biography of a former slave who was active in the anti-slavery movement, as a fugitive in Canada, a "stationmaster" on the Underground Railroad, a supporter of John Brown, and a recruiter for "blac… |
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Friends for freedom
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Suzanne Slade |
Discusses how a former slave and an outspoken woman, who came from two different worlds, shared deep-seated beliefs in equality and the need to fight for it.
Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass … |
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Force and Freedom
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Kellie Carter Jackson |
"From its origins in the 1750s, the white-led American abolitionist movement adhered to principles of 'moral suasion' and nonviolent resistance as both religious tenet and political strategy. But by … |
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Twelve Years a Slave
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Solomon Northup |
The true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man living in New York.who was kidnapped by slave hunters and sold into slavery where he endured degradation and abuse until his rescue twelve years la… |
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A salute to historic Black abolitionists
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Richard L. Green |
Presents brief biographical sketches of twenty-two black abolitionists, including Frederick Douglass, Prince Hall, and Nat Turner. |
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Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave
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John Chua |
The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in the series also featu… |
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A dealer of old clothes
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Darryl Scriven,Daphne (FWD) Rolle |
Darryl Scriven presents, in this work, the first rigorous philosophical investigation of a myriad of issues found in David Walker's only book The Appeal. Scriven introduces Walker as a sage able to o… |
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