Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

59 reviews

mscalls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Classism, Violence, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Torture, Gore, Racism, Medical content, Slavery, and Trafficking

rapunzelholly's review against another edition

dark informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

cyan_altaria's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Slavery, and Racism

Moderate: Murder, Blood, Kidnapping, and Violence

ly6's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Physical abuse, Violence, War, Torture, Death, and Slavery

evthomo's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, Slavery, Violence, Racial slurs, and Sexual violence

csmed101's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

One of the best pieces of literature I've ever consumed in my life. At times I was close to tears and at others I was filled with hope and a sense of thankfullness for what I have. There's an audiobook version of it on Spotify that I will recommend to everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Physical abuse

abrose2001's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

3.5

This is a staple to the genre of literature and the understanding of the era of American slavery. It's somewhat dense and not my favorite read, but definitely something that I was glad to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, and Child abuse

englishlitstudent's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Racism, Racial slurs, and Slavery

r__a's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Violence

autumn_oddity's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

This book. Wow. It was emotional, powerful and intense. I am so glad that I read it. As someone who always looked back at history tired of hearing the stories of the slave owners im so grateful to have discovered this book that details just a small amount of mistreatment and abuse of a slave. Mr Douglas is one of tbe strongest people I know. He not only stood up for himself but he continually put his fellow-slaves along side him, always making sure they remained safe while he spoke his truth.

Not revealing his way of escape to protect them.

It was such an easy read, i thoughly enjoyed the experience. I am sickened that any person could have inflicted such horrors on a fellow person. It is important for us to educate ourselves on the past so that we can work to improve the present to make the future a better place. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Blood, Gore, and Murder