Frederick Douglass for Kids: His Life and Times, with 21 Activities

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Acknowledg ments t takes a village to raise a child and it takes a nation to write a book of this scope and influence I want to thank the countless men and women who from our nation's earliest history have made a stand for freedom During the Revolutionary Era Richard Allen founder of Bethel A M E Church in Phil adelphia and first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church forged a path for others to follow His friends and fellow leaders of America's free black communities included giants such as James Forten Absalom Jones and Prince Hall They stood up for equal rights while always fighting to bring an end to slavery They were followed by a generation of aboli tionists both black and white who paved the way for Frederick Douglass to step forward and carry the torch for freedom A heart full of gratitude goes out to Douglass biographers such as James Gregory Frederic Holland and Charles Chesnutt Civil War historians such as George Washington Williams and William Wells Brown along with Benjamin Quarles Philip S