Frederick Douglass

eBook

Elliot, Henry

  • Titel: Frederick Douglass : From Slavery to Statesman / Henry Elliot
  • Reihe: Voices for Freedom
  • Person(en): Elliot, Henry
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Originalsprache: Englisch
  • Umfang: 1 online resource
  • Erschienen: New York : Crabtree Publishing, 2011
  • ISBN/Preis: 9780778798118 (electronic bk)
  • Schlagwörter: Young Adult Nonfiction ; Biography & Autobiography ; Electronic books
  • Zielgruppe: Text Difficulty 6 - Text Difficulty 8 ; MG/Middle grades (4th-8th) ; 1020 ; 7.6
  • Anmerkungen: Title from eBook information screen. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 7486 KB).

Inhalt: Born into slavery, Douglass became an eloquent spokesperson for both black's and women's rights. During and after the Civil War, Douglass became a confidant of presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Douglass also argued for African Americans to be allowed to join the Union army in the fight for their own freedom.