A biography of the early life of Frederick Douglass, one of the first leaders of the antislavery movement, discussing his childhood on as a slave child on a plantation, then at eight he was sold to Hugh and Sophia Auld in Baltimore, and explains that learning to read was the key to his freedom.
year: 2012
call number/section: 92, 920, 921, 1000, 973.8
subjects: douglass, frederick, 1818-1895, childhood and youth, slaves, united states, biography, abolitionists, african american abolitionists, antislavery movements, history, 19th century