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Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
xi, 99 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Traces the 1839 revolt of Africans against their Spanish captors aboard the slave ship Amistad, their landing in the United States and arrest for piracy and murder, and trials which ended in their acquittal by the Supreme Court.
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
39 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the black woman whose cruel experiences as a slave in the South led her to seek freedom in the North for herself and for others through the Underground railroad.
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
[1991]
Physical Desc
111 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of the energetic abolitionist, including her origins as a slave in Maryland, her role as a "conductor" for the Underground Railroad, her service to the Union during the Civil War, and her role in establishing an old-age home for Afro-Americans.
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Co
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Born into slavery, Douglass became an eloquent spokesperson for both black's and women's rights. During and after the Civil War, Douglass became a confidant of presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Douglass also argued for African Americans to be allowed to join the Union army in the fight for their own freedom.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
vii, 200 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
Coretta Scott King Honor winner Bolden sheds light on new research and interpretations of one of America's most influential African Americans. She focuses on Douglass the man rather than the historical icon. In chronicling his shortcomings and the low points in his life as well as his victories, Bolden creates a portrait of this relentless warrior as a speaker, a once-enslaved abolitionist, but most importantly, as a human being.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
138 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
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