Black Crusaders for Freedom Author:Bennett Wayne This book is about the black men and women of history who saw beyond the confines of slavery and were determined to help their people. Sojourner Truth, born a slave in the state of New York, became one of the antislavery movement's most persuasive speakers. Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery to become a great and wise leader of his people. ... more »Harriet Tubman fled from slavery herself and then courageously returned again and again to the South to lead hundreds of slaves to freedom. Booker T. Washington's passion to learn and to help other blacks to learn resulted in the founding of the great Tuskegee Institute.« less