"Born a slave in 1818 on a plantation in Maryland, Douglass taught himself to read and write. In 1845, seven years after escaping to the North, he published 'Narrative' , the first of three autobiographies. This book calmly but dramatically recounts the horrors and the accomplishments of his early years -- the daily, casual brutality of his white masters; his harrowing but successful escape. An astonishing orator and a skillful writer, Douglass became...

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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.

Describes the life of Sojourner Truth, an abolitionist who was herself a former slave.

A biography of the former slave who dedicated her life to achieving equal rights for women and blacks.

Presents the early life of the slave who became an abolitionist, journalist, and statesman.

When, in 1879, a bust in his likeness was placed at the University of Rochester, Frederick Douglass wrote: "Incidents of this character do much amaze me. It is not, however, the height to which I have risen, but the depth from which I have come that amazes me." This biography tells the story of his ascent from slavery.

Traces the life of the Black woman orator who spoke out against slavery throughout New England and the Midwest.