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Face of freedom : how the photos of Frederick Douglass celebrated racial equality
- Title
- Face of freedom : how the photos of Frederick Douglass celebrated racial equality / by Emma Carlson Berne ; content advisor Larry Hudson, PhD. Associate Professor of History, University of Rochester.
- Author
- Berne, Emma Carlson, 1979-
- Publication
- North Mankato, Minnesota : Compass Point Books, a Capstone imprint, [2018]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Schomburg Children's Collection.
- Description
- 64 pages : color illustrations; 27 cm
- Summary
- Frederick Douglass abolitionist, writer, political activist, reformer has been called the most important African-American of the 1800s. He was also the most photographed American of the 1800s. Douglass, who escaped enslavement to work tirelessly on behalf of his fellow African-Americans, realized the importance of photography in ending slavery and achieving civil rights. The many portraits of Douglass showed the world what freedom and dignity looked like.
- Series Statement
- Captured history
- Uniform Title
- Captured history.
- Alternative Title
- How the photos of Frederick Douglass celebrated racial equality
- Subjects
- Abolitionists
- Slaves
- United States
- African American abolitionists
- Portrait photography > Social aspects
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
- Abolitionists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Biographies
- Biography
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 > Juvenile literature
- United States > Race relations > Juvenile literature
- African American abolitionists > Biography > Juvenile literature
- African Americans > Biography
- Slaves > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Race relations
- Juvenile works
- Portrait photography > Social aspects > United States > Juvenile literature
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- Juvenile works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 63) and index.
- Audience (note)
- Ages 10-12.
- Contents
- Picturing the true person -- Slavery to freedom -- Portraits promote abolition -- Lasting symbol of freedom and resistance.
- Call Number
- Sc+ F 18-288
- ISBN
- 9780756556174
- 0756556171
- 9780756556198
- 0756556198
- LCCN
- 2017014466
- OCLC
- 986523653
- Author
- Berne, Emma Carlson, 1979- author.
- Title
- Face of freedom : how the photos of Frederick Douglass celebrated racial equality / by Emma Carlson Berne ; content advisor Larry Hudson, PhD. Associate Professor of History, University of Rochester.
- Publisher
- North Mankato, Minnesota : Compass Point Books, a Capstone imprint, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Captured historyCaptured history.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 63) and index.
- Audience
- Grades 4-6.Ages 10-12.
- Added Author
- Schomburg Children's Collection.
- Research Call Number
- Sc+ F 18-288