Download or read book Frederick Douglass' Dream written by Lise Marlowe and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Camp William Penn in La Mott, Pennsylvania was the first official federal training camp for African American soldiers in the Civil War. Over 11,000 men, 40% of them former slaves, walked through the gates of Camp William Penn. Frederick Douglass was the main recruiter of the camp. The camp was on the land of the infamous abolitionist and women's rights suffragist, Lucretia Mott.