by Dana Meachen Rau (2003)
A biography of Frederick Douglass, an author who wrote a book about his life as a slave in America, and a speaker who spoke out against slavery.
Laurie Krebs
Describes a typical day in the life of James Forten, who was born in Philadelphia to free black parents, learned to be a sailmaker, and later became a wealthy, respected businessman with his own shop.
Susan R. Gregson
A biography profiling the life of James Beckwourth, an African American man whose sense of adventure led the way to westward expansion of the United States. Includes source notes and timeline.
Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
Describes the life and work of the man who escaped slavery to become an orator, writer, and leader in the anti-slavery movement of the nineteenth century.
Peter Krass
Traces the life of the former slave who could neither read nor write, yet earned a reputation as one of the most articulate and outspoken antislavery and women's rights activists in the United States.