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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

11 reviews

andie_1504's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Racism, Torture, Violence, Racial slurs, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Deportation, Rape, Slavery, Child abuse, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

lovelynovellas's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Blood, Torture, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Body horror, and Physical abuse

jmathena's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

croww_teeth's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

Leaves you wanting to know more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Blood, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Slavery, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Trafficking

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Alcoholism, Classism, Rape, Abandonment, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexism

irrigger's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This is one of the most impactful books I've ever read. The experiences are viceral and cut to the core. It's a hard but hopeful read, and I think everyone should experience it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Grief, Child abuse, Rape, Racism, Slavery, Death, Physical abuse, Genocide, Emotional abuse, and Classism

lizzye33's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Grief, Torture, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Racism, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Body horror, Classism, Gore, and Physical abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Deadnaming, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Alcohol, Self harm, Confinement, and Toxic relationship

chantal18's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, and Torture

samchase112's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

Frederick Douglass's slave narrative is a classic for a reason. He clearly and passionately describes his life as an enslaved man in the early 19th century, pulling on his readers' emotions in just the right way. This narrative is terrifying to read, at once humbling and inspiring. Atrocity after atrocity is committed, and the strength of the human spirit is truly remarkable to witness in these pages. Douglass is known as a great speaker and leader, but it must be recognized that he was also a great writer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Racial slurs, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent and Rape

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Blood, Racism, Racial slurs, Torture, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts

sheryl_macca's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

I had little knowledge of Frederick Douglass or his Narrative before I began reading it. The book was one given to me by a friend who hadn't read it herself. My motivation to read of Frederick Douglass was one of diversity having set myself a goal this year to diversify my reads in all senses.

I found a mix of personal memoir and social history within its pages. Frederick Douglass narrates his own life eloquently, vividly but unemotionally. He divides his life by the locations he found himself in rather than by age or stage of life which in itself is telling. Because of this his narrative does jump from place to place without fully exploring the details and experiences of each.

Frederick also speaks on behalf of all the enslaved people he has known in Maryland. He could be telling the tale of any or all enslaved people in many places. He is efficient and effective in describing the social, political and economic landscape of the time.

I enjoyed the book, I learned from it but I wanted a greater emotional connection. Given it was written in 1845 by a man who had been through countless unthinkable things I think I'm probably asking too much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence