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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave: A Library of America Paperback Classic

Frederick Douglass

4.14 AVERAGE

imorrise's review against another edition

4.5

informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry

lacani888's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

ethan_gunnels's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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A must read.

faithelaine's review against another edition

4.25

emotional informative medium-paced

ksalik's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

ella_lu's review against another edition

4.0

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This was incredibly eye-opening...I read this one for school, and our teacher read it aloud to us(so that we wouldn't have to read it on our own). It's very graphic in some parts, but not in an accusatory way, just a you-need-to-know-what's-happening sort of way (I read the other day that there are more slaves now then there were in the time of the Civil War. This is actually relevant to current circumstances
). It's amazing to know that, when Douglass wrote this, his education was basically limited to knowing the alphabet and stealing a few newspapers. Definitely worth the read.

dlaboy's review against another edition

5.0

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Sobering read yet timeless

noxaqualis's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

troutjn's review against another edition

5.0

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

paige_hoyer's review against another edition

5.0

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Read for school but super emotional and a very eye opening & educational read for what slavery was like for a slave that found freedom. Excellently written and educated.