There was once a slave ...

by Shirley Graham

There was once a slave...

SHIRLEY GRAHAM

The heroic story of
FREDERICK DOUGLASS

JULIAN MESSNER, Inc., NEW YORK

There Was Once a Slave, The Heroic Story of Frederick Douglass by Shirley Graham, received the sixty-five hundred dollar JULIAN MESSNER AWARD FOR THE BEST BOOK COMBATING INTOLERANCE IN AMERICA. The judges were: Carl Van Doren, Lewis Gannett, and Clifton Fadiman. Miss Graham’s work was selected from over six hundred manuscripts submitted in the contest. The original award was augmented by a grant from the Lionel Judah Tachna Memorial Foundation, established by Max Tachna in memory of his son who lost his life in the Battle of the Coral Sea.

PUBLISHED BY JULIAN MESSNER, INC.
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COPYRIGHT, 1947
BY SHIRLEY GRAHAM

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BY MONTAUK BOOK MANUFACTURING CO., INC.

To Peoples on the March

You cannot hem the hope of being free