Young Frederick Douglass: The Slave Who Learned to Read
- ISBN-10
- 0807594636
- ISBN-13
- 9780807594636
- Series
- Young Frederick Douglass
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Pages
- 40
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- A. Whitman
- Authors
- Linda Walvoord Girard, Linda Walvoord
Description
An inspiring portrayal of the early years of the famous abolitionist and orator depicts his realization that reading and writing were the keys to freedom, efforts to educate himself, and the overwhelming obstacles he faced because he was a slave.
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