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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

33 reviews

salem0's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

read: mar 1 2025
reviewed: mar 3 2025

a powerful account.

i found the part where he discovered the true nature of the 'north', and how it showcased how societies could function well without slavery very compelling, in how it was the final instance that completely demonstrated to him that it was possible to uphold economic and social wellbeing without the support of slavery at the helm.

douglass demonstrates the manifold ways in which dehumanization affects the oppressor and the oppressed, and the way people come to see such dehumanization as 'normal' in poignant detail. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Racial slurs and Injury/Injury detail

kdes621's review

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Slavery, Blood, and Trafficking

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

lilybily8's review

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

joshmacaroni's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Classism

therealpeel's review

emotional informative fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gun violence

Minor: Addiction and Suicidal thoughts

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

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