Escape from Slavery: The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass in His Own Words

Illus. in black-and-white. Opening note by Coretta Scott King. For the first time, the most important account ever written of a childhood in slavery is accessible to young readers. From his days as a young boy on a plantation to his first months as a freeman in Massachusetts, here are Douglass’s own firsthand experiences vividly recounted–expertly excerpted and powerfully illustrated.