Books with author Frances Ruffin

From slave to freedom fighter: that was the long and hard journey taken by Frederick Douglass. Douglass was America’s first great civil rights leader, and he threw off the physical, mental, and legal chains of slavery to become one of America’s greatest champions for human rights. It was said that his life was proof that once black people could read and write about their injustices, they would have the power to end slavery. Frances E. Ruffin explores this inspiring figure in all his complexity, and captures the hardships, prejudice, and violence Douglass endured as he fought for justice. Numerous fascinating illustrations, photos, and engravings show Douglass’s family, abolition meetings, Civil War battles, freed blacks getting their first vote, and more.

Clara Barton excelled as a schoolteacher long before she helped to nurse wounded soldiers during the Civil War. While aiding the International Red Cross in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War, Clara decided that the United States should also have a Red Cross organization. In 1881, she founded the American Red Cross and fought tirelessly to help countless disaster victims and wartime casualties.

From slave to freedom fighter: that was the long and hard journey taken by Frederick Douglass. Douglass was America’s first great civil rights leader, and he threw off the physical, mental, and legal chains of slavery to become one of the greatest champions for human rights. Frances E. Ruffin explores this figure in all his complexity, and captures the hardships Douglass endured as he fought for justice.