Frederick Douglass for Kids: His Life and Times, with 21 Activities
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Few Americans have had as much impact on this nation as Frederick Douglass.Born on a plantation, he later escaped slavery and helped others to freedom via the Underground Railroad. In time he became a bestselling author, an outspoken newspaper editor, a brilliant orator, a tireless abolitionist, and a brave civil rights leader. He was famous on both sides of the Atlantic in the years leading up to the Civil War, and when war broke out, Abraham Lincoln invited him to the White House for counsel and advice.
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Frederick Douglass for Kidsfollows the footsteps of a true hero, one of the leading African Americans of his day. And to better appreciate Douglass and his times, readers will:
* form a debating club
* create asailor's tarpaulin hat and cravatthat Douglass wore during his escape
* make a Civil War haversack
* participate in a microlending program
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