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"Having consistently used the book for almost a decade, I can say that it remains the most popular of my required books. The introduction places Douglass in a historical context comprehensible to undergraduates and offers students shrewd insights into how he drafted his autobiography."
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Published in 1845, this autobiography powerfully details the life of the internationally famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838 - how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and drivers, how he learned to read and write, and how he grew into a man who could only live free or die. In his introduction, Houston A. Baker, Jr., discusses the slave narrative as a distinct American literary genre and points out its social, political, historical, and literary significance, past and present.
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"I was born in Tuckahoe, near Hillsborough, and about twelve miles from Easton, in Talbot county, Maryland." Read the first page
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a great book, and I feel everyone should read it. Iwasn't forced to read, but I chose to read it on my own in order to better understand the nation's injustices. Douglass' first hand account of slavery is one of the best sources. His writing isn't wordy or difficult to understand, either.
Great man, great book.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I wanted to read this book, it had been recommended by an American friend who said that it was prescribed reading in US schools. I am writing a book about a mixed race person and wanted to gain some insight into what it was actually like for real people living as slaves on the plantations.
The narrative is extremely well written, had Frederick Douglass had a modern education he may have had an academic career; however Black people would not have had him to speak up for the unbelievable cruelty which slaves had to endure. I knew that slaves were whipped but not to the extent and certainly not in the ways described by him.
The book was excellent in regard to value and I will read it again in the future.
His narrative is such an influence that many Academics have studied it and at the start of the book there are many comments which should be read again after completing the reading of it.
The narrative is extremely well written, had Frederick Douglass had a modern education he may have had an academic career; however Black people would not have had him to speak up for the unbelievable cruelty which slaves had to endure. I knew that slaves were whipped but not to the extent and certainly not in the ways described by him.
The book was excellent in regard to value and I will read it again in the future.
His narrative is such an influence that many Academics have studied it and at the start of the book there are many comments which should be read again after completing the reading of it.
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I Read Douglass for an assignment in my college U.S. History class, and was almost dreading opening this book afraid that Douglass would blame every white person for his torment. Instead I found that Douglass knew the difference between the slave owners and the people who were trying to stop the practice. I finished this book in a matter of days, and respect Douglass as the extreamly brave man that he was. The paper I wrote reflected my outrage that such an occurance could have happened in this beautiful country.
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A harrowing account of not just the notion of slavery, but the toll it took on the victims, both emotionally and physically. Read more
Published 26 days ago by M. Ward
must read, best on the psychology of slavery, particularly on owners
This is an absolutely amazing narrative, of the growth of an individual from the most brutish of slave lives to a free man who took pride in his work and his mind, which he then... Read more
Published 13 months ago by rob crawford
Powerful and moving narrative
A wonderfully evocative account by this former slave of his sufferings, his self-education and growing sense of self-worth and dignity prior to his successful bid for freedom in... Read more
Published 16 months ago by John Hopper
Essential reading
This is an historic document that shows the depraved depths that humanity can sink to. Man's inhumanity to man. I am Irish. We were white trash in many countries. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Existentialist.
Love this book
I read this book because I was generally interested in black history and found this book easy to read, informative and generally a good read.
Published 22 months ago by MD
Powerful Testimony
This is a brief life story, written in 1845, by an ex-slave. At the time of writing he was technically an escaped slave. Read more
Published on 24 May 2010 by conjunction
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Published on 28 Mar 2010 by P. Dominique
A Must Have
An amazing story which is to be read by anyone interested in American history. This small book remains long after having been read.
Published on 3 Mar 2009 by Tiffany Malone
This moving story creates an empathy for negro slaves.
This book was moving and a good summer reading book for students like myself in high school.
Published on 1 Sep 1999
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