There was once a slave : The heroic story of Frederick Douglass / [by] Shirley Graham.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : J. Messner, Inc. ; [1947]Description: ix, 310 pages ; 22 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.7/114/0924 B
LOC classification:
  • E 449 .D754 1947
Online resources:
Contents:
Part I: The road: 1. Frederick sets his feet upon the road -- 2. The road winds upon Chesapeake Bay -- 3. An old man droves his mule -- 4. Frederick comes to a dead end -- 5. One more river to cross. --
Part II. The lightening: 6. Is this a thing, or can it be a man -- 7. Jobs in Washington and voting in Rhode Island -- 8. On two sides of the Atlantic -- 9. " To be henceforth free, manumitted and discharged..."--- 10. A light is set in the road. --
Part III. The storm: 11. The storm comes up in the west and the birds fly north -- 12. An avenging angel brings the fury of the storm -- 13. "Give us arms, Mr. Lincoln!" -- 14. Came January, 1963 --
Part IV. Toward morning: 15. When lilacs last in the dooryard bloomed -- 16. Moving forward -- 17. Fourscore years ago in Washington -- 18. "If slavery cannot kill us, liberty won't?" -- 19. Indian summer and a fair harvest -- 20. The mole St. Nicholas.
Awards:
  • Received the Julian Mesner Award.
Summary: "This is the story of Frederick Douglass, a Negro slave who became one of the spearheads of emancipation, a forthright spokesman for his people. The story starts with his early years as a slave; then his escape to New England, his friendship with great men and women- Lincoln, Garrison, John Brown, and- in Europe- O'Connell, Peel, Cobden, Bright; and the part he played in the cause of freedom." -- publisher
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309 - 310).

Part I: The road: 1. Frederick sets his feet upon the road -- 2. The road winds upon Chesapeake Bay -- 3. An old man droves his mule -- 4. Frederick comes to a dead end -- 5. One more river to cross. --

Part II. The lightening: 6. Is this a thing, or can it be a man -- 7. Jobs in Washington and voting in Rhode Island -- 8. On two sides of the Atlantic -- 9. " To be henceforth free, manumitted and discharged..."--- 10. A light is set in the road. --

Part III. The storm: 11. The storm comes up in the west and the birds fly north -- 12. An avenging angel brings the fury of the storm -- 13. "Give us arms, Mr. Lincoln!" -- 14. Came January, 1963 --

Part IV. Toward morning: 15. When lilacs last in the dooryard bloomed -- 16. Moving forward -- 17. Fourscore years ago in Washington -- 18. "If slavery cannot kill us, liberty won't?" -- 19. Indian summer and a fair harvest -- 20. The mole St. Nicholas.

"This is the story of Frederick Douglass, a Negro slave who became one of the spearheads of emancipation, a forthright spokesman for his people. The story starts with his early years as a slave; then his escape to New England, his friendship with great men and women- Lincoln, Garrison, John Brown, and- in Europe- O'Connell, Peel, Cobden, Bright; and the part he played in the cause of freedom." -- publisher

Received the Julian Mesner Award.

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