Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, with eBook
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (645 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1400111110 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 410 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"This is NOT the the original text." according to Patriot92. This not a copy of the original text it was "revised for common core standards" as it says on the book. In other words, you're not getting the whole story as written by Fredrick Douglass.. Jayah said 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 spee. Good book to read. The book shows very well the difficult circumstances that slaves in America had to live under. It also shows how humans can become so mean and tyrannical when given ultimate power over someone. This is also how dictators are born in our world. When someone is given power over another that person's pride can get out of control. They get away with one thing, then another, and another. Their friends are likewise minded and tell each other that they are great guys, it g
For a slave, it was a crime punishable by death, but it resulted in one of the most eloquent indictments of slavery ever recorded. Douglass's autobiography traces his birth into slavery, his escape to the North, and the beginnings of the career that was to make him the preeminent spokesman for his people. It is a record of savagery and inhumanity that goes far to explain why America still suffers from the great injustices of the past.. His gripping narrative takes us into the fields, cabins, and manors of pre–Civil War plantations in the South and reveals the daily terrors he suffered as a slave. Born into a life of bondage, Fre
In his early 20's, he ran away to the North and found refuge among New England abolitionists. 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. This recording makes his rich work available to those who might feel encumbered by the printed page and belongs as an alternative in all school and public library collections.Fran