A review by stormsb
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass

5.0

I really enjoyed Frederick Douglass's telling of his early life as a slave. His writing is very eloquent and moving. Unfortunately, this was his first autobiography and didn't include much about his escape freedom and much of his free life hadn't heard yet. I look forward to reading one of his later autobiographies.
Included in this book was also his famous speech "what to the slave is the 4th of July" which was extremely compelling and damning of the times in our country while full of hope for the future.
I would recommend this as an important book for everyone to read.