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The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass should be required reading in all high schools. This book was so eloquently written that it is easy to forget that the man who wrote it taught himself how to read and write! He is expressive and poetic, yet concise. He takes the reader on a journey through horror and hope. I learned things about slave-life that I could have never imagined.
The introduction by, Angela Davis, was just as compelling as the narrative. Her story is not one that I will soon forget. I could not help but to compare Davis and Douglass as I read and I was again amazed at the command Douglass had over the English language. For all of Davis' education, Douglass was her equal. I will definitely be reading all I can from both, in the future.
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This is the first book I read expressly about slavery. It is impressive in how well it was written, especially for a man who was born and raised with so little early education. His story is compelling not only because it is true, but because it is told in a personal way, richly detailed and sensitive to Douglass' desire to help the public see the people and places in his early life through his eyes and his heart, through one born and raised in slavery.
As a result, his story allowed me to envision how it might feel to be raised and held helplessly captive by savage, vicious, lawless, utterly dehumanizing labor, anger and violence. It also demonstrated how easily the slavery relationship could transform otherwise decent people into monsters. My most horrific realization was that probably most of us could become as brutal as the masters described in this book if we were brainwashed to adopt the mental construct of the time, that holding a slave is merely a legal contract, that it involves a high price paid for a important labor source, an acceptable way to operate one's businesses.
Ironically, slaveholders become largely dependent on their slaves for the status, wealth and security of themselves and their families. Once a society allows the ownership of other human beings to play so important a role in their livelihood, without any moral or legal restraint, it's no wonder these plantation owners became so blind and brutal in forcing every slave's compliance to their slightest whim. With the constant threat of non-compliance and escape casting a shadow over the livelihood of one's family, I now understand how those fears could develop into a complete disregard for the lives and conditions of their enslaved workers.Read more ›
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Very detailed and well written! I found it quite interesting to read about slavery first hand from a fugitive slave. I think this should be a required reading for college English classes.
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Douglass vividly depicts the characteristics of the life of a slave. He accomplishes this through his descriptions of masters, mistresses, slaves, and freshmen alike. Through his details, he thrusts before the reader the inevitable truth that slavery spoiled the character of all in its association from slave to owner.
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Easy quick read, straightforward account gives first-hand account of slavery. Shockingly insightful to the hypocrisy of elitists. We must never forget.
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Frederick Douglass was a great leader and inspiration to his people and he worked diligently for freedom and rights for his people. I am proud to know a man lived such as this phenomenal man.
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The narrative of the Life and Times of Frederick Douglass is a marvelous rendition of the pre-Lincoln period up through 1845. The book details the evils of slavery and the personal dispositions of slaveowners. Douglass explains how one slave-owner actually paid him a salary.
The reader comes away with something very important. Douglass realized the importance of learning how to read. He explained that he would bring a book along to do every major chore. People who read about Douglass can trace the evolution of his writing from the elemental to the more advanced later on when he actually met President Lincoln.
The book explains how Douglass changed his identity several times. For instance, he called himself Mr.Johnson in New York. The author even delved into the persona of slaveholders. Some were very harsh while others were kinder. The reader gets a sense that Douglass yearned to be free in any event. This freedom was to come 18 years later after the Emancipation Proclamation and his famous meeting with President Lincoln at the White House.
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an important historical document for all Americans to read at some point in time. In fact, the sooner you read the book - the better.
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