Escape to Freedom: A Play about Young Frederick Douglass by Ossie Davis
	List Price:   $4.99 Unit Price:   $3.99 You Save:   $1.00 (20%) ISBN-10:   0140343555 ISBN-13:   9780140343557 Publisher:   Penguin Group (USA) Inc Category:   Non-Fiction Pub. Date:   February 1990 Pages:   96 Format:   Paperback Ages:   9 to 12 Grades:   4 to 7
Awards
1979  Coretta Scott King Awards  Winner!  1979  Jane Addams Children's Book Award  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN'S PLAYS DOUGLASS, FREDERICK, 1818-1895_JUVENILE LITERATURE SLAVERY_UNITED STATES
Description/Notes
Born a slave, young Frederick Douglass endures many years of cruelty before escaping to the North to claim his freedom. Douglass overcame his beginnings as a slave to become the first black man to hold a diplomatic office. He was a great orator and also wrote several books. This play emphasizes his contributions.