Esty, Amos

Examines the life of Frederick Douglass, a man born into slavery in 1818 who escaped to freedom and went on to become a famous orator, writer, and abolitionist leader.

Chronicles the life of nineteenth-century abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, describing his family and the challenges he faced throughout his life, and discussing Garrison's role as during the antislavery movements that took place in the United States, along with his other accomplishments.

An overview of the Supreme Court case of "Plessy v. Ferguson," describing how Homer Plessy, an African-American man, challenged a law by sitting in a racially segregated railroad car in 1892, examining the historical significance of the case, and discussing how it affected the lives of Americans.