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

Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) is best known for the telling of his own emancipation. But there is much more to Douglass's story than his time spent enslaved and his famous autobiography. Facing Frederick captures the whole complicated, and at times perplexing, person that he was. Statesman, suffragist, writer, and newspaperman, this book focuses on Douglass the man rather than the historical icon.

"Almost 100 years before Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, Sojourner Truth was mistreated by a streetcar conductor. She took him to court--and won! Before she was Sojourner Truth, she was known simply as Belle. Born a slave in New York sometime around 1797, she was later sold and separated from her family. Even after she escaped from slavery, she knew her work was not yet done. She changed her name and traveled, inspiring everyone she met...

A shortened autobiography presenting the early life of the slave who became an abolitionist, journalist, and statesman

Having been raised a slave and forced to work in horrible conditions, a freed Isabella Baumfree changed her name and her life when she became a preacher and inspirational speaker, supporting the black troops during the Civil War and helping black women throughout many states

A biography of the American author who, in writing Uncle Tom's cabin, revealed the cruelties of slavery and further split an already divided country

An interactive biography of the life of former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

The inspiring story of young Frederick Douglass's path to freedom through reading.