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

4.0

Maybe my standards are a bit lowered by just having read Mrs. Rowlandson, but this is such a strong book! The clarity and pathos is far beyond the contemporaries I've read, not to mention that the author was writing about his own lived experience. I was dreading picking this one up and then I finished it in one go, while crying. I don't usually cry when I'm reading for uni because I'm busy taking notes, but this was something else.