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Narrative of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, by Frederick Douglass, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
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English
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Tells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce, and his extraordinary role as a human rights activist, cultural reformer, and member of Parliament. At the center of this heroic life was a passionate twenty-year fight to abolish the British slave trade, a battle Wilberforce won in 1807, as well as efforts to abolish slavery itself in the British colonies, a victory achieved just three days before his death in...
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English
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Narrative of Sojourner Truth, by Sojourner Truth, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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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...
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Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shares the life of the famous abolitionist, including her early years, how she helped slaves escape to freedom through the Underground Railroad, and her contributions to the Civil War as a scout and nurse.
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Publisher
CATO INSTITUTE
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xvii, 143 pages ; 21 cm
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English
Description
Born into slavery in 1818, Frederick Douglass rose to become a preeminent American intellectual and activist who, as a statesman, author, lecturer, and scholar, helped lead the fight against slavery and racial oppression. Unlike many other leading abolitionists, Douglass embraced the U.S. Constitution, believing it to be an essentially anti-slavery document guaranteeing that individual rights belonged to all Americans, of all races. Further, in his...
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
viii, 226 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of the runaway slave who became an abolitionist, a crusader for women's rights, and an advisor to Abraham Lincoln.
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Publisher
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes Tubman's spiritual journey as she hears the voice of God guiding her north to freedom on that very first trip to escape the brutal practice of forced servitude. Tubman would make nineteen subsequent trips back south, never being caught, but none as profound as this first one.
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
244 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Learn about abolitonist John Brown, a man who gave his life fighting slavery and whose actions contributed greatly in starting the Civil War.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and accomplishments of Frederick Douglass, a self-educated slave in the South who grew up to become a leader in the abolitionist movement, a celebrated writer, an esteemed speaker, and a social reformer.
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