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Frederick Douglass : a biography / C. James Trotman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trotman, C. James, 1943-
- Series:
- Greenwood biographies.
- Greenwood biographies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895.
- Douglass, Frederick.
- Abolitionists--United States--Biography.
- Abolitionists.
- African American abolitionists--Biography.
- African American abolitionists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxviii, 158 pages) : illustrations
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2024.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Frederick Douglass was a champion of freedom who stood up for what he believed. He attended the Seneca Falls Convention and became an early supporter of women's right to vote. He led the recruiting effort for the 54th Massachusetts, the first all-black Union combat unit in the Civil War, and he founded The North Star, the second black newspaper published in America.
- Contents:
- Timeline : events in the life of Frederick Douglass
- I been [re]'buked, 1818-1826
- Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, 1826-1838
- Amazing grace, 1838-1847
- Steal away, 1847-1858
- Wrestlin' Jacob, 1859-1870
- Roll, Jordan, roll, 1870-1895
- Climbing Jacob's ladder.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-151) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798400653698
- 9786613004208
- 9780313350375
- 031335037X
- 9781283004206
- 1283004208
- OCLC:
- 705056133
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