Frederick DOUGLASS

About the Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass - Paperback Version Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass during his time in Lynn, Massachusetts. It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the United States. One of the more significant reasons Douglass published his Narrative was to offset the demeaning manner in which white people viewed him. When he spoke in public, his white abolitionist associates established limits to what he could say on the platform. More specifically, they did not want him to analyze the current slavery issues or to shape the future for black people. However, once Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass was published, he was given the liberty to begin more ambitious work on the issue rather than giving the same speeches repetitively. Because of the work in his Narrative, Douglass gained significant credibility from those who previously did not believe the story of his past. About Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings. He was a firm believer in the equality of all peoples, whether white, black, female, Native American, or Chinese immigrants. He was also a believer in dialogue and in making alliances across racial and ideological divides, and in the liberal values of the U.S. Constitution. What you get when you buy this edition of the Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass This edition of Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass is a 147 page long 9x6 trade paperback edition in white paper with brownish old paper alike matte cover, encompasses 11 chapters that recount Douglass's life as a slave and his ambition to become a free man. Famous quotes from this edition of Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." "The American people have this to learn: that where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither person nor property is safe." A Reader's take on this edition of Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass This is must reading for all Americans young and old. Seldom if ever, have I been so moved by a true story, about suffering under the threaturous whip of slavery. But bear in mind, Frederick Douglass does magnificent good in writing from his experiences in such a way that stirs your heart as well as your brain because his motivation is to do good and tell the truth in a compelling manner because of his acute intelligence and his heart filled with love, not hate, and faith in god, not evil hypocrisy as demonstrated by vicious slave owners pretending to be Christians doing god's work, but quite the opposite. This is not a book about religion, instead about horrific effects upon both slaves and slave owners. This is a "must read."

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