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» 26 more Top Five Books of 2020 (448) Top Five Books of 2017 (357) Writers at Risk (7) Out of Copyright (122) Ambleside Books (343) Black Authors (300) Read These Too (75) Política - Clásicos (60) A Reading List (98) Greatest Books (428) Well-Educated Mind (109) Five star books (1,528) Libertarian Books (90) No current Talk conversations about this book. Compelling ( ![]() Frederick Douglass’s memoir of his Maryland childhood and early adulthood spent in slavery is rightly a classic. Douglass describes in painful detail what he experienced and witnessed in the culture of slavery, observing the ways it dehumanized owners and overseers of slaves in addition to the ways in which they dehumanized the enslaved persons under their control. As good as this book is, there are gaps in the narrative that will frustrate readers. Douglass intentionally skips over his actual escape from slavery, for the very admirable reason that he did not want to close his path to freedom to others who might follow the same path. Modern readers will need to pick up Life and Times of Frederick Douglass to learn exactly how Douglass made his escape. The first readers of this memoir had to wait nearly 40 years for Douglass to reveal these details. Then there is Anna, his fiancée, whom Douglass first mentions after his arrival in New York, when he writes to ask her to join him. How did Douglass meet Anna, and how long had he known her? Since Douglass is able to write her, one assumes she was free and literate. It’s frustrating to have to make these assumptions, though. What a powerful book. A damning indictment of slavery and the South. Even thought slavery was "officially" abolished over 150 years ago, it still exists. One need only look at the hundreds of bills that seek to limit the vote of (mostly) African American voters. This book should be required reading of all American citizens (especially those of a certain party that looks longingly at the "good ole days" of the antebellum South). Please read this book. Frederick Douglass tells of his time as a slave. Often a difficult book to read. It is a first hand account of the horrors of the treatment of the slaves. How the slave holders would justify their behavior. His one good mistress is corrupted by the institution of slavery. Belongs to Publisher SeriesIs contained inNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave & Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Modern Library Classics) by Frederick Douglass Uncle Tom's Cabin / Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave (Bedford Books in American History) by Frederick Douglass Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl | Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Harriet A. Jacobs 90 Masterpieces You Must Read (Vol.1): Novels, Poetry, Plays, Short Stories, Essays, Psychology & Philosophy by Various Up from Slavery / The Souls of Black Folk / Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by W. E. B. Du Bois ContainsHas as a studyHas as a commentary on the textHas as a student's study guide
Biography & Autobiography.
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HTML: Frederick Douglass was an ex-slave and a great orator in early 19th-century USA. His autobiography details his experiences as a slave and is considered the most famous such work, though many similar were written by his contemporaries. This work also influenced and fueled the abolitionist movement, in which Douglass was an important figure. .No library descriptions found. |
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![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)973.8092History and Geography North America United States 1865-1901LC ClassificationRatingAverage:![]()
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