Narrative in the Life of an American Slave/Incidents of a Slave Girl

from jonbrammer

This is the archetypal narrative of slavery, capturing both the physical and psychological damage of owning humans as property. Rivals Wiesel's Night as a document of human cruelty. Points with laser accuracy at the hypocrisies of Christianity and American democracy. Douglass has a greater statur...

from tuckerresearch

An excellent work; a real classic. Douglass's first, classic printed account of his life under slavery is eye-opening, epic, and should be read by every school child in America. First, to get a real sense of the physical evils of slavery. Second, to understand the moral, mental, and philosophical...

from MrDickie

Frederick Douglass was a slave in Talbot county, Maryland living in the area of St. Michael's and Baltimore. While living in Baltimore his masters wife taught him the alphabet and started to teach him how to read. When her husband found out he put a stop to it. It was too late Frederick had acqui...

from jonbrammer

This is the archetypal narrative of slavery, capturing both the physical and psychological damage of owning humans as property. Rivals Wiesel's Night as a document of human cruelty. Points with laser accuracy at the hypocrisies of Christianity and American democracy. Douglass has a greater statur...

from tuckerresearch

An excellent work; a real classic. Douglass's first, classic printed account of his life under slavery is eye-opening, epic, and should be read by every school child in America. First, to get a real sense of the physical evils of slavery. Second, to understand the moral, mental, and philosophical...