NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The New York Times bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates turns to two other heroes of the nation: Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. In The...
Abolitionists
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Author:Kilmeade, BrianSummary: -
Author:Douglass, FrederickSummary:The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass was Douglass' third autobiography. In it he was able to go into greater detail about his life as a slave and his escape from slavery, as he and his family were no longer in any danger from the...
- Author:McBride, JamesSummary:
Now a Showtime limited series starring Ethan Hawke and Daveed Diggs
Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction
From the bestselling author of Deacon King Kong (an Oprah Book Club pick) and The Color of Water comes the...
- Author:Wright, StephenSummary:
Born in 1844 in upstate New York as the child of ardent abolitionists, Liberty Fish finds his life influenced also by his grandparents, Carolina slaveholders, a conflict that he struggles to resolve by enlisting during the Civil War....
- Author:Krass, PeterSummary:
From Chelsea House's Black Americans of Achievement series comes this biography of the legendary anti slavery activist.
- Author:Chappell, HenrySummary:
Weaves the tale of a small band of abolitionists working in secrecy within Dallas's close-knit society. There's Joseph Shaw, an undertaker and underground railroad veteran with a shameful secret; Ig Bodeker, a charismatic,...
- Author:Douglass, FrederickSummary:
Former slave, impassioned abolitionist, brilliant writer, newspaper editor and eloquent orator whose speeches fired the abolitionist cause, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) led an astounding life. Physical abuse, deprivation and tragedy...
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Author:Douglass, FrederickSummary:Presents the autobiography of Douglass, an American slave, and his journey out of mental and physical bondage.
- Author:Douglass, FrederickSummary:
The second in the series of three autobiographies penned by Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom picks up where Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass left off. This volume recounts more gripping details of Douglass'...
- Author:Adler, David A.Summary:
Biography of the abolitionist Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a fugitive slave who became an author, lecturer, and advisor to President Lincoln. Discusses slavery in America and Douglass's escape, emancipation activities, support...
- Author:FRASER, George MacdonaldSummary:
If only Flashman had got on with his dinner and ignored the handkerchief dropped by a flirtatious hussy in a Calcutta hotel ... Well, American history would have been different, a disastrous civil war might have been avoided, and...
