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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
1.98k reviews for:
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave: A Library of America Paperback Classic
Frederick Douglass
4.14 AVERAGE
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Frederick Douglass's first memoir is the horrific and harrowing childhood and young adulthood as an enslaved person in the United States. His writing is amazing. It's really interesting to view this as an activist/abolitionist piece of nonfiction in the years leading up to the Civil War, propelling the cause forward in a way that's only paralleled by Uncle Tom's Cabin and several other firsthand accounts of life in slavery. It should be no surprise that this is far, far better than Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Douglass's account is detailed, shocking, and genuinely inspiring. His analysis of the systems of power and control are still relevant today. One of the greatest American writers of all time! My review is not very in depth because I chose to complain about Percival Everett's recent novel, James, for far, far too long. Admittedly, I did want to read this because of my disappointment with that book. I wanted the real deal, and Frederick Douglass is perhaps the realest man to ever live.
Douglass's account is detailed, shocking, and genuinely inspiring. His analysis of the systems of power and control are still relevant today. One of the greatest American writers of all time! My review is not very in depth because I chose to complain about Percival Everett's recent novel, James, for far, far too long. Admittedly, I did want to read this because of my disappointment with that book. I wanted the real deal, and Frederick Douglass is perhaps the realest man to ever live.
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Damning in the portrayal of the hypocrisy of America in particular Southern Christianity in America. Inspiring in Douglass' unwillingness to settle for a life neither free nor fully realized. A study of the strength of humanity against seemingly insurmountable adversity.
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A quick, insightful read that provides firsthand context for life for a mixed race slave during such a dark time in history. A must read for anyone interested in learning about this piece of American history. As an American, it is informative; as a Christian, it is convicting; one must wrestle with Douglas‘s statement of two Christianities in America: the Christianity of the Bible and the Christianity of the day that justified the horrors of slavery.
This book should be required reading along with Booker T Washington’s Up From Slavery for every American. I was deeply impressed by Mr. Washington’s ability to have compassion on the white slavery holders that caused his life such hardship and I was deeply moved by Mr. Douglass’s ability to see the difference between true Christianity and the religion of the south.