Russell, Sharman Apt.

Frederick Douglass / Sharman Apt Russell ; senior consulting editor, Nathan Irvin Huggins. - New York : Chelsea House Publishers, - 110 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Black Americans of achievement . - Black Americans of achievement. .

Includes bibliographical references (page 108) and index.

On achievement / Fortunate meeting -- Freedom's rainbow -- Soul on fire -- Chattel becomes a man -- Gospel of struggle -- War for emancipation -- Work before us -- Indian summer -- Coretta Scott King -- Chronology -- Further reading -- Index.

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

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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 --Juvenile literature.
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