History for Kids: The Illustrated Life of Frederick Douglass

Kids, People and Places, Biography, Non-Fiction, Music, Historical
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Author: Charles River Editors ISBN: 9781475323986
Publisher: Charles River Editors Publication: June 7, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Charles River Editors
ISBN: 9781475323986
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Publication: June 7, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English
*Perfect for ages 7-9*Includes pictures of Douglass and important people and places in his life. In Charles River Editors History for Kids series, your children can learn about historys most important people and events in an easy, entertaining, and educational way. Pictures help bring the story to life, and the concise but comprehensive book will keep your kids attention all the way to the end. With the possible exception of Martin Luther King, Jr., no African American has been more instrumental in the fight for minorities civil rights in the United States than Frederick Douglass 18181895), an American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. His list of accomplishments would be impressive enough even without taking into account the fact that he was born into slavery. Douglass father was a white man, even perhaps his master Aaron Anthony. When Douglass was about 12, his slaveowners wife, Sophia Auld, began teaching him the alphabet in defiance of the Souths laws against teaching slaves how to read. When her husband Hugh found out, he was furious, reminding her that if the slave learned to read, he would become dissatisfied with his condition and desire freedom. Those words would prove prophetic.Douglass is noted as saying that "knowledge is the pathway from slavery to freedom,” and he took that advice to heart, teaching himself how to read and write with his knowledge of the alphabet. On September 3, 1838, Douglass successfully escaped slavery, traveling by boat to Delaware, Philadelphia, and finally New York, all in the span of a day. Douglass found a “new world had opened upon me.”After escaping from slavery, Douglass became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining national notice for his dazzling oratory and anti-slavery writing. He stood out as the living embodiment of an intellectual former slave, the antithesis of slaveholders arguments that blacks were an inferior race. Douglass remained active in the fight for civil rights and abolition throughout the Civil War and Reconstruction, even meeting President Lincoln and strongly urging him to let black men enlist in the Union. As Douglass constantly stated, nobody had more to fight for in the Civil War than black men.Douglass continued his work all the way up to his death in 1895, continuing to advocate on behalf of blacks, women, immigrants and even Native Americans. Douglass famously said, "I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong."Douglass remains well known today, but given the manner in which Jim Crow segregated and discriminated against minorities for another 60 years after his death, he is often overshadowed by the icons of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. History for Kids: The Illustrated Life of Frederick Douglass looks at Douglasss incredible life story of preservation and perseverance, explaining how the man who literally started with nothing became his peoples Martin Luther King Jr. decades before King was born. Along with pictures of Douglass and other important people and events in his life, your kids will learn about Americas first great Civil Rights leader never before.
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*Perfect for ages 7-9*Includes pictures of Douglass and important people and places in his life. In Charles River Editors History for Kids series, your children can learn about historys most important people and events in an easy, entertaining, and educational way. Pictures help bring the story to life, and the concise but comprehensive book will keep your kids attention all the way to the end. With the possible exception of Martin Luther King, Jr., no African American has been more instrumental in the fight for minorities civil rights in the United States than Frederick Douglass 18181895), an American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. His list of accomplishments would be impressive enough even without taking into account the fact that he was born into slavery. Douglass father was a white man, even perhaps his master Aaron Anthony. When Douglass was about 12, his slaveowners wife, Sophia Auld, began teaching him the alphabet in defiance of the Souths laws against teaching slaves how to read. When her husband Hugh found out, he was furious, reminding her that if the slave learned to read, he would become dissatisfied with his condition and desire freedom. Those words would prove prophetic.Douglass is noted as saying that "knowledge is the pathway from slavery to freedom,” and he took that advice to heart, teaching himself how to read and write with his knowledge of the alphabet. On September 3, 1838, Douglass successfully escaped slavery, traveling by boat to Delaware, Philadelphia, and finally New York, all in the span of a day. Douglass found a “new world had opened upon me.”After escaping from slavery, Douglass became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining national notice for his dazzling oratory and anti-slavery writing. He stood out as the living embodiment of an intellectual former slave, the antithesis of slaveholders arguments that blacks were an inferior race. Douglass remained active in the fight for civil rights and abolition throughout the Civil War and Reconstruction, even meeting President Lincoln and strongly urging him to let black men enlist in the Union. As Douglass constantly stated, nobody had more to fight for in the Civil War than black men.Douglass continued his work all the way up to his death in 1895, continuing to advocate on behalf of blacks, women, immigrants and even Native Americans. Douglass famously said, "I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong."Douglass remains well known today, but given the manner in which Jim Crow segregated and discriminated against minorities for another 60 years after his death, he is often overshadowed by the icons of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. History for Kids: The Illustrated Life of Frederick Douglass looks at Douglasss incredible life story of preservation and perseverance, explaining how the man who literally started with nothing became his peoples Martin Luther King Jr. decades before King was born. Along with pictures of Douglass and other important people and events in his life, your kids will learn about Americas first great Civil Rights leader never before.

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