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What a powerful and wrenching narrative this is! How amazing that Frederick Douglass managed to teach himself to read and write in the manner in which he did, which opened the door to his eventually being able to escape his imprisonment in slavery. This has so much more impact than any novelization of what slavery was, because it is one man’s personal experience, set down in a very straightforward manner without any attempt at sensationalism. And, believe me, no embellishment is needed, the fact
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An incredible man and an incredible autobiography (published in 1845 at the age of 28, just seven years after his escape from slavery). In a time when so many people rage about petty grievances -- as compared to the soul-crushing, daily brutality of slavery with no hope of escape - it was just so amazing to read Douglass's restrained, well-articulated and heart-wrenching narrative of his life as a slave and as a fighter for other slaves' liberty once he gained his own freedom. I can't even begin
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