Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass
ISBN-10
0791017656
ISBN-13
9780791017654
Series
Frederick Douglass
Category
History
Pages
76
Language
English
Published
1993
Publisher
Chelsea House
Author
Melissa Banta

Description

A biography of the man who, after escaping slavery, became an orator, writer, and leader in the anti-slavery movement in the nineteenth century.

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