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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass
12 reviews
ayphyx's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Slavery, Child abuse, Classism, Murder, Gore, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence
lovelynovellas's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Blood, Torture, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Body horror, and Physical abuse
morenowagain's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Hate crime, Trafficking, Slavery, Violence, and Racial slurs
croww_teeth's review against another edition
4.25
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
kerisreads's review against another edition
4.5
Told in alternating matter-of-fact prose and passionately emotional poetry, it's no wonder Douglass played such an instrumental role in the abolition of American slavery.
As I read, I imagined reading this as a 19th century white American previously unacquainted with specifics of the manifold evils of southern slavery.... Phew.
A must-read indeed. You'll weep, but be the better for it.
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Content warnings: As expected of any work on American slavery, many heavy topics are covered, though none graphically, including rape, cruelty and physical abuse, violence, death of and separation from parents and grandparents, etc.
Minor: Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Alcohol, Racism, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault
lizzye33's review against another edition
4.5
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
ifweweresorrows's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual violence
lifeoflauren's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, and Hate crime
battybookworm's review against another edition
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Gore, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Murder, and Hate crime
sheryl_macca's review against another edition
3.5
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.
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