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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
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a sobering and impactful read, we cannot forget how recent this history is. the legacy of slavery is still deeply engraved in our world, and there's no better time to listen to the revolutionaries who have come before us. this should be required reading.
To be read by white people everywhere in order to understand that we committed atrocities for which we can never atone, and to make the world a marginally less shit place for people of colour to live in.
Everyone should read this book -- don't be intimidated, although the subject matter is very heavy, the way Douglass writes is extremely accessible especially compared to other writings of this time. He's an extremely talented writer.
challenging
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informative
inspiring
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fast-paced
If you're looking for a good nonfiction book, I highly suggest this one! I read this book for school because we are about to start writing editorials. I thought it might be a bit boring since I don't read nonfiction much, but oh my goodness! I was very wrong. Douglass told his story in such a beautiful way, I was never bored. Not only was this book eye opening, it was heart breaking. So many times I wanted to be able to travel back in time and help all the poor souls he talked about.
This book really impacted me! It changed the way I view not only American history, but also current day. In the 1700s and 1800s, slavery was legal, therefor, "okay". I don't think that slavery was okay, nor have I ever, but back then it was socially acceptable and the people who thought it was wrong were too afraid to speak out. After reading this, it has caused me to think about how many things may be deemed socially acceptable now days that I don't agree with and see as wrong. I guess what I'm trying to say is, this book has caused me to really look at the world with different eyes and have the courage to speak out for what I believe is right.
This book really impacted me! It changed the way I view not only American history, but also current day. In the 1700s and 1800s, slavery was legal, therefor, "okay". I don't think that slavery was okay, nor have I ever, but back then it was socially acceptable and the people who thought it was wrong were too afraid to speak out. After reading this, it has caused me to think about how many things may be deemed socially acceptable now days that I don't agree with and see as wrong. I guess what I'm trying to say is, this book has caused me to really look at the world with different eyes and have the courage to speak out for what I believe is right.
An abolitionist memoir and treatise recounting the laborious and cruel subjections endured on Black people during slavery with august oration by Frederick Douglass, a freed slave himself, in 1845.
Douglass’s searing comments on slave-ownership particularly by religious slave owners in the South were appropriate criticisms and articulations that advanced abolitionist movements of the time.
(His opinion on the Underground Railroad was surprising to me though.)
To make connections to the current racial-capitalist climates acutely affecting and disenfranchising Black people in America, this seminal piece ought to be read.
Douglass’s searing comments on slave-ownership particularly by religious slave owners in the South were appropriate criticisms and articulations that advanced abolitionist movements of the time.
(His opinion on the Underground Railroad was surprising to me though.)
To make connections to the current racial-capitalist climates acutely affecting and disenfranchising Black people in America, this seminal piece ought to be read.
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don’t get me wrong, the book’s extremely powerful and profound, however, i didn’t like in terms of how entertaining and fun it was to read
don’t get me wrong, the book’s extremely powerful and profound, however, i didn’t like in terms of how entertaining and fun it was to read
- Listened to audiobook on a long drive
- Interesting life story, learned more about slavery and about a very famous man
- Helped me better understand some of the stuff I read in women race and class (bc it referenced him)
- Not a fan of rating people's life stories
