Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself by Frederick Douglass

62 reviews

prettyprincess_333's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

It is a good classic book that goes into true depths of slavery. I own a different version which is the Barnes & Noble classics and I struggled to read this to the end because it was kind of boring, but it was educational so I pushed through. I get that this was not written for the modern crowd, so I suppose that is why but it's a good book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

constantlythinking's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

lidia7's review against another edition

dark emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

ayphyx's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

cblanton2026's review against another edition

challenging informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, and Violence

andie_1504's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Deportation

haileyeh's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

That appendix tho 🔥🔥🔥

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

kay_reads9's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

“What I have said respecting and against religion, I mean strictly to apply to the slaveholding religion of this land, and with no possible reference to Christianity proper; for, between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference—so wide, that to receive the one as good, pure, and holy, is of necessity to reject the other as bad, corrupt, and wicked. To be the friend of the one, is of necessity to be the enemy of the other. I love the pure, peaceable, and impartial Christianity of Christ: I therefore hate the corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity of this land. Indeed, I can see no reason, but the most deceitful one, for calling the religion of this land Christianity.”
-The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Religious bigotry, and Murder

lovelynovellas's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

diana311's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence