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Abolitionists Abolitionists United States Biography Abolitionists United States Biography Juvenile literature African American abolitionists African American abolitionists Biography African American abolitionists Biography Juvenile literature African Americans Biography Antislavery movements United States Juvenile literature Douglass, Frederick 1818-1895 United StatesMurphy, Frank
Summary: "A biography of Frederick Douglass covering his origins as slave and journey to becoming an abolitionist leader"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MURPainter, Nell Irvin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TRUTH, SOJOURNER PAIBlight, David W
Summary: "The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era. As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fortunate to have been taught to read by his slave...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 921 DOUCopies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOUGLASS, FREDERICK BLICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B DOUGLASS BLIFankhouser, Kris
Summary: "A biography on the African American abolitionist and civil rights leader Frederick Douglass"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DOUDunbar, Erica Armstrong
Summary: Harriet Tubman is best known as one of the most famous conductors on the Underground Railroad. As a leading abolitionist, her bravery and selflessness has inspired generations in the continuing struggle for civil rights. Now, National Book Award nominee Erica Armstrong Dunbar presents a fresh take on this American icon blending traditional biography, illustrations, photos, and engaging sidebars...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 37 Ink, Simon & Schuster 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TUBMAN, HARRIET DUNMyers, Walter Dean
Summary: Presents the life and accomplishments of Frederick Douglass, a self-educated slave in the South who grew up to become a leader in the abolitionist movement, a celebrated writer, an esteemed speaker, and a social reformer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DOUShane, Scott
Summary: "A riveting account of the extraordinary abolitionist, liberator, and writer Thomas Smallwood, who bought his own freedom, led hundreds out of slavery, and popularized the term "underground railroad," from Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist, Scott Shane. Flee North tells the story for the first time of an American hero all but lost to history. Born into slavery, Thomas Smallwood was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Celadon Books, a division of Macmillan Publishers 2023
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Summary: "Frederick Douglass knew that learning to read and write would be the first step in his quest for freedom. Told from first-person perspective and using some of Douglass's own words, this biography draws from his experiences as a young boy and his attempts to learn how to read and write."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DOUSpinale, Laura
Summary: An illustrated biography of nineteenth-century abolitionist Sojourner Truth, who was born into slavery and fought for the rights of African-Americans and women.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TRUSummary: "An new historical anthology from transatlantic slavery to the Reconstruction curated by the Schomburg Center, that makes the case for focusing on the histories of Black people as agents and architects of their own lives and ultimate liberation, with a foreword by Kevin Young. This is the first Penguin Classics anthology published in partnership with the Schomburg Center, a world-renowned...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 326.8 UNSWoo, Ilyon
Summary: Presents the remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disguise, with Ellen passing as a wealthy, disabled white man and William posing as "his" slave.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Washington Square Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.8092 DOUBolden, Tonya
Summary: Chronicles the life of the abolitionist and his many roles, from former slave and orator to newspaperman, women's rights activist, diplomat, and memoirist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 DOUWilliams, Carla
Summary: Provides information about the Underground Railroad, a network of people in the U.S. who helped slaves escape to freedom; looks at the activities of some of the people who played significant roles in the fight to free the slaves; and explains the signals used to communicate with runaway slaves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.7 WILGregory, Josh
Summary: Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass knew from an early age that all people deserved freedom. Readers will discover Douglass’s amazing story, from how he secretly educated himself and taught fellow slaves how to read to how he escaped to freedom and became one of the nation’s most persuasive voices for abolition.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DOUCline-Ransome, Lesa.
Summary: "Words Set Me Free is the inspiring story of young Frederick Douglass's path to freedom through reading"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2012
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Summary: An introduction to the life of the woman born into slavery who became a well-known abolitionist and crusader for the rights of African-Americans in the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1994
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB TRUTH ADLStauffer, John
Summary: Picturing Frederick Douglass is a work that promises to revolutionize our knowledge of race and photography in nineteenth-century America. Teeming with historical detail, it is filled with surprises, chief among them the fact that neither George Custer nor Walt Whitman, and not even Abraham Lincoln, was the most photographed American of that century. In fact, it was Frederick Douglass...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 921 DOUGLASS, FREDERICK STADouglass, Frederick
Summary: Douglass's autobiography traces his birth into slavery, his escape to the North and the beginnings of the career that was to make him the preeminent spokesman for his people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2009
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.8 DOUGorrell, Gena K. (Gena Kinton)
Summary: Details the history of the Underground Railroad from the roots of slavery through the post-Emancipation era by focusing on the lives of the participants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.7115 GORKilmeade, Brian
Summary: "Upon his election as President of the troubled United States, Abraham Lincoln faced a dilemma. He knew it was time for slavery to go, but how fast could the country change without being torn apart? Many abolitionists wanted Lincoln to move quickly, overturning the founding documents along the way. But Lincoln believed there was a way to extend equality to all while keeping and living up to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentinel 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: US History KilmeadeSchmidt, Gary D
Summary: Shows how the hardships of slavery, particularly the loss of her family, caused Isabella Baumfree to walk towards freedom, to re-invent herself as Sojourner Truth, and to continue walking to abolish slavery and for other reforms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB SOJOURNER TRUTH SCHCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCHPrince, April Jones.
Summary: Presents the life of the man who escaped slavery in Maryland to become a speaker and writer for abolition and the rights of African Americans and women, focusing on his childhood and youth as a slave.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DOUCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 921 DOURappaport, Doreen.
Summary: Shares the life of the abolitionist, including his life as a slave, how he learned to read even though it was illegal for him to do so, and his work speaking out against slavery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney, Jump at the Sun 2015