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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
by Frederick Douglass
This a great book to gain an insight into what slavery was like. Douglass tells his tale with pathos and without exaggeration and is a testament to his determine and hardwork to educate himself.
I specially like how he explained why slaverholders were cruel. I had a "ahuh" momont when I realised the obvious and simple truth that since slavery was so immoral and slaverholders practised it often to very large scale the natural result their own personal character degenerating morally. Also added to this was the necessary of cruel practices to keep people in slavery.
I read this book to see what slavery was really like after reading "Gone with the Wind" which protrays slavery in a very kind light. I knew Margaret Mitchell's protrayal was inaccurate and wanted to see the true picture. I now know she was very biased and as I explained above, her portrayal of a kind of utopia of slavery is impossible.
I specially like how he explained why slaverholders were cruel. I had a "ahuh" momont when I realised the obvious and simple truth that since slavery was so immoral and slaverholders practised it often to very large scale the natural result their own personal character degenerating morally. Also added to this was the necessary of cruel practices to keep people in slavery.
I read this book to see what slavery was really like after reading "Gone with the Wind" which protrays slavery in a very kind light. I knew Margaret Mitchell's protrayal was inaccurate and wanted to see the true picture. I now know she was very biased and as I explained above, her portrayal of a kind of utopia of slavery is impossible.