Bibliograph

Frederick Douglass, fugitive slave & abolitionist, by Sue Vander Hook

Type

Label

Frederick Douglass, fugitive slave & abolitionist, by Sue Vander Hook

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-103, 106-109) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmapsfacsimiles

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Frederick Douglass

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

496610099

Responsibility statement

by Sue Vander Hook

Series statement

Essential lives

Sub title

fugitive slave & abolitionist

Summary

This book is a biography of Frederick Douglass, from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his death in 1895, describing his achievements as abolitionist, author, newspaper publisher, worker for the Underground Railroad, black suffragist, and U.S. minister to Haiti

Table Of Contents

The slave breaker -- Born a slave -- The slave and the whip -- Baltimore -- Motivated to learn -- Return to slavery -- Escape to New York -- Popular orator -- War! -- Milestones

Target audience

adolescent

Classification