Bread for Words: A Frederick Douglass Story

This story follows Frederick Douglass as an enslaved child with urgent questions about his life and freedom. He knows where he was born but not when, and he knows his grandmother but not his father. As he seeks answers, he becomes certain that learning to read and write is essential to his pursuit of freedom and equality. The account portrays the child who would later become an abolitionist leader, emphasizing his determination to gain literacy.