Frederick Douglass is born a slave on a plantation in Maryland, separated from his mother at birth. As a child he secretly learns to read, although it is forbidden, and understands that knowledge is the path to freedom. He tells of the beatings, the hunger, the resistance, and his escape to the North.
A deeply moving account, written by a man who became one of the great voices against slavery.
Its simple, powerful sentences make it easy to read in the language you are learning.



















