Discusse the life of this patriot of the American Revolution.
A brief biography of the young girl who was sold into slavery yet learned to read and write, and became a well-known, published poet.
Discusse the life of this patriot of the American Revolution.
A brief biography of the young girl who was sold into slavery yet learned to read and write, and became a well-known, published poet.
The story of Frederick Douglass is passionate, harrowing, and inspiring. As a former slave, impassioned abolitionist, gifted writer, newspaper editor, and powerful orator, Douglass was an immense, motivational figure. His early life, filled with physical abuse, deprivation, and …
"An updated edition of a classic African American autobiography, with new supplementary materials. The preeminent American slave narrative first published in 1845, Frederick Douglass's Narrative powerfully details the life of the abolitionist from his birth into slavery to his e…
Presents the autobiography of Douglass, an American slave, and his journey out of mental and physical bondage.
"No book more vividly explains the horror of American slavery and the emotional impetus behind the antislavery movement than Frederick Douglass's Narrative. In an introductory essay, Robert B. Stepto reexamines the extraordinary life and achievement of a man who escaped from sla…
Accused of the attempted murder of a plantation owner in Maryland during the early 1800s, Isaac Brown, a slave, survived harsh punishment, escaped, was recaptured, escaped again, and in the face of multiple challenges, ultimately made his way to freedom in Canada. This is his st…
This is the story of Isaac Brown, a slave who was accused of the attempted murder of a plantation owner in Maryland, escaped, and ultimately made his way to freedom in Canada. In the early to mid-nineteenth century, Isaac Brown, a slave, was accused of the attempted murder of a …
Accused of the attempted murder of a plantation owner in Maryland during the early 1800s, Isaac Brown, a slave, survived harsh punishment, escaped, was recaptured, escaped again, and in the face of multiple challenges, ultimately made his way to freedom in Canada. This is his st…
In the early to mid-nineteenth century a slave named Isaac Brown was accused of attempting to murder a plantation owner. Despite no evidence of his guilt, Isaac was shipped to a New Orleans slave pen. From there he made a daring escape to Philadelphia.