Who Was Frederick Douglass? (Who Was?)

by April Jones Prince (Author) Robert Squier (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: Who Was?
Born into slavery in Maryland in 1818, Frederick Douglass was determined to gain freedom--and once he realized that knowledge was power, he secretly learned to read and write to give himself an advantage. After escaping to the North in 1838, as a free man he gave powerful speeches about his experience as a slave. He was so impressive that he became a friend of President Abraham Lincoln, as well as one of the most famous abolitionists of the nineteenth century.
Select format:
Paperback
$5.99

More books in the series - See All

Other series you might like

April Jones Prince
April Jones Prince is the author of several children's books, including Who Was Mark Twain?
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780448479118
Lexile Measure
850
Guided Reading Level
S
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Publication date
December 26, 2014
Series
Who Was?
BISAC categories
JNF007110 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
JNF007020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
JNF007070 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Political
Library of Congress categories
United States
Abolitionists
Douglass, Frederick
African American abolitionists
Antislavery movements

Subscribe to our delicious e-newsletter!