Escape from Slavery: The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass in His Own Words
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.
- Author
- Frederick Douglass
- Format
- hardcover
- Pages
- 80
- Publisher
- Knopf Books for Young Readers
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780679846529
- Genres
- classics, history, memoir
- Release date
- 1993
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