This title examines the remarkable life of Frederick Douglass. Readers will learn about Douglass's family background, childhood, education, and progressive work as an abolitionist. Color photos, detailed maps, and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts, additional resources, web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.