A review by maggie_elisabeth
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

5.0

This is an amazing book. A bit painful, but important. I read this first for school a few years ago, and every time I come back to it, I think, more than I do with any other book, wow...people are so stupid. And wicked of course. But what hurts the most in this book are the people who didn't think they were being wicked, like the lady that was kind at first and then became corrupted with the power she held over her slaves. When it comes to portraying slavery at its awful worst, this book is bounds ahead of any I've ever read.

As a Christian, it is painful to me to read about how people twisted God's word to defend their wicked practices. What were they thinking? I don't know. How did they get what they got out of the Bible? I have no clue.

All I know is that this is a book that everyone needs to read.