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Frederick Douglass knew where he was born but not when. He knew his grandmother but not his father. And as a young child, there were other questions, such as Why am I a slave? Answers to those questions might have eluded him but Douglass did know for certain that learning to read and to write would be the first step in his quest for freedom and his fight for equality. Told from first-person perspective, this picture-book biography draws from the real-life...
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Capital Days spans more than 60 years of American history, much of it witnessed by Michael Shiner, a true American original who lived in Washington, D.C. Born enslaved but eventually able to secure his freedom, Shiner, who worked at the Washington Navy Yard for many years, left behind a journal in which he remembered many significant historical events, including the buring of the city during the War of 1812, the Civil War, and the inauguration of...
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IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 7
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One of the greatest works of American autobiography, in a definitive Library of America text: Published seven years after his escape from slavery, "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave" (1845) is a powerful account of the cruelty and oppression of the Maryland plantation culture into which Frederick Douglass was born. It brought him to the forefront of the antislavery movement and drew thousands, black and white, to the cause....
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Compass Point Books
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[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 2
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930L
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112 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm.
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English
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Profiles the life of Frederick Douglass, his escape from slavery, his career as an author and orator, and his quest for justice.
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