Highlights the careers of leading abolitionists including Benjamin Lundy, William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Nat Turner, and John Brown.

Bolden sheds light on new research and interpretations of one of America's most influential African Americans. She focuses on Douglass the man rather than the historical icon. In chronicling his shortcomings and the low points in his life as well as his victories, Bolden creates a portrait of this relentless warrior as a speaker, a once-enslaved abolitionist, but most importantly, as a human being.

In the late 1850s, at a time when many men and women spoke out against slavery, few had the same impact as John Brown, the infamous white abolitionist who backed his beliefs with unstoppable action.

A biography of the man who, after escaping slavery, became an orator, writer, and leader in the abolitionist movement in the nineteenth century.

Traces the life of the Black woman orator who spoke out against slavery throughout New England and the Midwest.

Examines the life of abolitionist John Brown, the people and events surrounding the raid he led on the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in 1859, and its aftermath.

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.

Examines the life and activities of abolitionist John Brown, discussing the events and influences that fueled his anti-slavery sentiments, with a focus on his role in the raid on Harpers Ferry which was organized to get weapons for a slave revolt.

Simple text and illustrations describe the life and accomplishments of famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

A biography of the runaway slave who devoted his life to the abolition of slavery and the fight for black rights.