TY - BOOK AU - Myers, Walter Dean, AU - Cooper, Floyd, TI - Frederick Douglass: the lion who wrote history SN - 9780060277093 AV - E449.D75 M96 2017 U1 - 973.8092B 23 PY - 2017/// CY - New York PB - Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers KW - Douglass, Frederick, KW - Slaves KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Juvenile literature KW - Abolitionists KW - African American abolitionists KW - Antislavery movements KW - History KW - African Americans KW - 19th century KW - Literacy N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Grades K to 3 N2 - Frederick Douglass was a self-educated slave in the South who grew up to become an icon. He was a leader of the abolitionist movement, a celebrated writer, an esteemed speaker, and a social reformer, proving that, as he said, "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." ER -