Narrative
of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass
Deeply troubling and well-written brief firsthand account of Douglass’s life as a slave in Maryland. As bad as I thought slavery was, this account portrays it as worse than I imagined even though Douglass’s tone isn’t bitter or incendiary. The ugliness, violence, and hypocrisy of slaveholders is astonishing and sickening. I wish I could have read how he escaped, but I fully understand why he could not record it. My view of our history is changed, and it is nauseating that ¼ of U.S. presidents have owned slaves. Everyone should read this.
Deeply troubling and well-written brief firsthand account of Douglass’s life as a slave in Maryland. As bad as I thought slavery was, this account portrays it as worse than I imagined even though Douglass’s tone isn’t bitter or incendiary. The ugliness, violence, and hypocrisy of slaveholders is astonishing and sickening. I wish I could have read how he escaped, but I fully understand why he could not record it. My view of our history is changed, and it is nauseating that ¼ of U.S. presidents have owned slaves. Everyone should read this.
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