Escape to freedom : a play about young Frederick Douglass

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Title:

Escape to freedom : a play about young Frederick Douglass

Author:

Davis, Ossie

ISBN:

9780140343557

Publication Information:

New York : Puffin Books, 1990, c1976.

Physical Description:

89 p. ; 20 cm.

Abstract:

Born a slave, young Frederick Douglass endures many years of cruelty before escaping to the North to claim his freedom.

Personal Subject:

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895-Juvenile drama.

Subject Term:

Slavery -- United States -- Juvenile drama.

African Americans -- Juvenile drama.

Slavery -- Juvenile drama.

Drama -- Juvenile drama.

Black people -- Juvenile drama.

African Americans -- Drama

Slavery -- Drama

Black people -- Drama.

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Library	Material Type	Shelf Number	Status
Searching... MCML CB Stewart Library - Montgomery	Juvenile Books, circulating	j812.54 Day	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Summary

A play that depicts Frederick Douglas overcoming his beginnings as a slave to becoming the first African American man to hold a diplomatic office.

Notes

Ossie Davis (bornRaiford Chatman Davis1917-2005) was an American film, television andBroadwayactor, director, poet, playwright, author, and social activist.