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Escape to Freedom: A Play about Young Frederick Douglass

Ossie Davis

Winner:Coretta Scott King Award -Author (1979)
A play that depicts Frederick Douglas overcoming his beginnings as a slave to becoming the first African American man to hold a diplomatic office.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Puffin Books
  • Publish Date: Feb 1st, 1990
  • Pages: 96
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.76in - 5.11in - 0.30in - 0.18lb
  • EAN: 9780140343557
  • Recommended age: 08-11
  • Categories: DramaAfrican American & BlackHistory - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)

About the Author

Ossie Davis (born Raiford Chatman Davis 1917-2005) was an American film, television and Broadway actor, director, poet, playwright, author, and social activist.