Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Annotated): An American Slave
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (691 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073SKZH1G |
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| Number of Pages | : | 487 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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From School Library Journal Grade 9 Up-This classic text in both American literature and American history is read by Pete Papageorge with deliberation and simplicity, allowing the author's words to bridge more than 160 years to today's listeners. Following a stirring preface by William Lloyd Garrison (who, nearly 20 years after he first met Douglass, would himself lead the black troops fighting from the North in the Civil War), the not-yet-30-year-old author recounts his life's story, showing effective and evocative use of language as well as unflinchingly examining many aspects of the Peculiar Institution of American Slavery. In his early 20's, he ran away to the North and found refuge among New England abolitionists. In early adolescence, he was returned to farm work, suffered abuse at the hands of cruel ove
for they allow us to gain a better understanding of how far our society has come This autobiography was assigned to me when I was a junior in high school. Three years later, as a sophomore in college, I was asked to read the book again for my class on Black Thought and Literature. I wish that I had taken the time to slow down and analyze Frederick Douglass' narrative from a literal, analytical, and figurative perspective. Had I done that the first time around—as opposed to treating the book as another required reading that I needed to speed-read through—I believe that my understanding would have. Heart-wrenching and inspiring dearborn firefly This is the true-life autobiographical memoir of Ms. Harriet Ann Jacobs, a woman who endured years of being enslaved, and the extraordinary suffering she endured to obtain freedom. This book was so poignantly written, and thus it was hard to read and impossible to stop reading it. The book will also direct the reader to the website which adds further information for what happened to Ms Jacobs after the book ends.. "Order the audio version separately" according to Megan S. Maxwell. The work by Frederick Douglass was 5 stars. The audio portion was Order the audio version separately The work by Frederick Douglass was 5 stars. The audio portion was 3 stars. I say this because when I ordered the Kindle and audiobook, I expected the audio version with Raymond Hearn, not Steven Anderson. That lost one star. The second star was lost because, despite Steven Anderson's smooth reading, he occasionally messes up and repeats a sentence. They should have edited these mistakes out.. stars. I say this because when I ordered the Kindle and audiobook, I expected the audio version with Raymond Hearn, not Steven Anderson. That lost one star. The second star was lost because, despite Steven Anderson's smooth reading, he occasionally messes up and repeats a sentence. They should have edited these mistakes out.
He later became an influential writer and activist.Douglass describes how he was separated from his mother and raised in Talbot County, Maryland, where he witnesses his slave owner beating his aunt.Douglass witnesses and himself experiences many beatings and acts of torture. His luck changes when he's sent to work on a plantation in Baltimore, from which he's able to escape.Without going into too much detail, Douglass recounts how he was able to flee Baltimore and reach one of the free states in the north. In Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Douglass recounts his experiences as a slave. He details the horrors of growing up on a plantation, being subjected to extreme racism, and running away to freedom. He then became one of the most well-known anti-slavery advocates of the time.