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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass illustrated

Frederick Douglass

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leslie_j_r's review against another edition

4.0

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5.0

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass - This is pretty popular in high school American English, but I read it in college as well. I highly recommend it! Happy Reading!

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5.0

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siria's review against another edition

4.0

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A ground-breaking autobiography, made all the more vivid when you consider that it was written by a man who was forbidden from learning how to read. Douglass' remarkably restrained account of the horrors of slavery gives extra power to the narrative—especially when he discusses how an appearance of piety can hide the worst of sins. I will have to keep an eye out for a biography of Douglass' later life; I am very interested to know more about what became of him after he escaped to freedom.

kahawa's review against another edition

4.0

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This was short, and I wish Douglas had included a clearer chronology of his life, rather than seemingly disconnected episodes. What he wrote, he wrote well, but sometimes he skipped a lot of important details. That said, he gave a moving depiction of the injustice of slavery - not the graphic details of physical violence, but the mental violence inflicted by humans against humans. What is striking is how slave holders reasoned and justified their actions. It would be one thing to commit atrocities and blow it off because you just don't care, but Douglas described the efforts to which slave holders went to rationalise their actions. That was enlightening and sobering.

sami_billings3's review against another edition

2.25

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sophia2312's review against another edition

5.0

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alpa_reads's review against another edition

4.0

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twoswans's review against another edition

3.75

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