The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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4.6 • 482 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave, Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the United States.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass encompasses eleven chapters that recount Douglass' life as a slave and his ambition to become a free.
Customer Reviews
Accessible Reading
Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, is a remarkably accessible and powerful work, contrary to what I had initially assumed. I expected the 19th-century language and the difficult subject matter to make for a challenging read. However, Douglass's prose is direct and compelling, pulling the reader into his life story with a surprising immediacy.
The book is filled with hauntingly vivid mental imagery that will undoubtedly stay with me. The stark reality of his life is captured in scenes of profound hardship and shocking cruelty, but also in moments of quiet strength and unyielding determination. It's these visceral descriptions that make his narrative so impactful and unforgettable.
Amazing
Unparalleled deftness and truth to integrity and respect. Wit unmatched. Amazing Read
such a knowledgeable book. this man is a legend.
To know that this was a world we once lived in, breaks my heart. The inhumanity people had just because of what others looked like. They had absolutely no right. Douglass was such a wise man, he used what he had and learned from every bit of it in every way he possibly could. He told HIS story, so that the world could see the cruelty and suffering each and every slave faced. They were completely objectified by the world and they couldn't do not a single thing about it, other than sing. It pains me to just watch as Douglass has no sense of what freedom is, and as soon as he is free, he's surrounded by the diversity and complexity of his own world, he has been so deprived of his birth right of freedom to the point where he can't even enjoy it when he finally gets it. He begins to have mixed feelings about freedom, can't even trust a single person he sees for the fear that someone may betray him and be the cause for him to be sent back to the inhumanity of slavery itself. Douglass is so brave for being able to put his trauma into words and putting it out into the world, he has to fight so hard to just gain and education at a young age which is something no child should have to face.