siria 's review for:

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass

4.0

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A ground-breaking autobiography, made all the more vivid when you consider that it was written by a man who was forbidden from learning how to read. Douglass' remarkably restrained account of the horrors of slavery gives extra power to the narrative—especially when he discusses how an appearance of piety can hide the worst of sins. I will have to keep an eye out for a biography of Douglass' later life; I am very interested to know more about what became of him after he escaped to freedom.