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by (shelved 11 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,248,632 ratings — published 1936

by (shelved 9 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.31 — 262,604 ratings — published 1979

by (shelved 8 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.41 — 22 ratings — published

by (shelved 8 times as antebellum)
avg rating 3.77 — 63,017 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 7 times as antebellum)
avg rating 3.97 — 481,016 ratings — published 1987

by (shelved 6 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,107 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 6 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.05 — 32,331 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 6 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.06 — 437,444 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 6 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,022 ratings — published 1999

by (shelved 5 times as antebellum)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,324,713 ratings — published 1884

by (shelved 5 times as antebellum)
avg rating 3.92 — 240,552 ratings — published 1852

by (shelved 5 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.13 — 132,788 ratings — published 1845

by (shelved 5 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.17 — 57,180 ratings — published 1861

by (shelved 4 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.46 — 419,798 ratings — published 2024

by (shelved 4 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.06 — 117,524 ratings — published 2019

by (shelved 4 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.19 — 11,371 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 4 times as antebellum)
avg rating 3.74 — 315 ratings — published 2008

by (shelved 4 times as antebellum)
avg rating 3.84 — 44,618 ratings — published 2003

by (shelved 3 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.29 — 5,019 ratings — published 2019

by (shelved 3 times as antebellum)
avg rating 3.95 — 37,563 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 3 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.21 — 62,270 ratings — published 1982

by (shelved 3 times as antebellum)
avg rating 3.62 — 864 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 3 times as antebellum)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,769 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 3 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.45 — 5,537 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 3 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.26 — 329,487 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 3 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.05 — 26,738 ratings — published 1835

by (shelved 3 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.01 — 6,439 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 3 times as antebellum)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,003,661 ratings — published 1876

by (shelved 3 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.16 — 8,662 ratings — published 2007

by (shelved 3 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,437 ratings — published 1976

by (shelved 3 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,996 ratings — published 1974

by (shelved 2 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.17 — 52,668 ratings — published 2024

by (shelved 2 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.43 — 173 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 2 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.17 — 12,459 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 2 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.01 — 3,103 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 2 times as antebellum)
avg rating 3.69 — 1,724 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 2 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.25 — 195,114 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 2 times as antebellum)
avg rating 3.96 — 15,188 ratings — published 1968

by (shelved 2 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.43 — 80,806 ratings — published 2021

by (shelved 2 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.27 — 326 ratings — published 2021

by (shelved 2 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,588 ratings — published 1850

by (shelved 2 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,117 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 2 times as antebellum)
avg rating 3.87 — 8,080 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 2 times as antebellum)
avg rating 3.95 — 71,608 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 2 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,354 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 2 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.13 — 6,168 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 2 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,541 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 2 times as antebellum)
avg rating 3.86 — 56,284 ratings — published 2008

by (shelved 2 times as antebellum)
avg rating 3.85 — 13 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 2 times as antebellum)
avg rating 4.02 — 889 ratings — published 2011

“But do you imagine there’s a certain type of person in the world who conforms to the idea of a ‘bad person'? You’ll never find someone who fits that mold neatly, you know. On the whole, all people are good, or at least they’re normal. The frightening thing is that they can suddenly turn bad when it comes to the crunch. That’s why you have to be careful.”
― Kokoro
― Kokoro

“I therefore hate the corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity of the land... I look upon it as the climax of all misnomers, the boldest of all frauds, and the grossest of all libels. Never was there a clearer case of 'stealing the livery of the court of heaven to serve the devil in.' I am filled with unutterable loathing when I contemplate the religious pomp and show, together with the horrible inconsistencies, which every where surround me. We have men-stealers for ministers, women-whippers for missionaries, and cradle-plunderers for church members. The man who wields the blood-clotted cowskin during the week fills the pulpit on Sunday, and claims to be a minister of the meek and lowly Jesus. . . . The slave auctioneer’s bell and the church-going bell chime in with each other, and the bitter cries of the heart-broken slave are drowned in the religious shouts of his pious master. Revivals of religion and revivals in the slave-trade go hand in hand together. The slave prison and the church stand near each other. The clanking of fetters and the rattling of chains in the prison, and the pious psalm and solemn prayer in the church, may be heard at the same time. The dealers in the bodies of men erect their stand in the presence of the pulpit, and they mutually help each other. The dealer gives his blood-stained gold to support the pulpit, and the pulpit, in return, covers his infernal business with the garb of Christianity. Here we have religion and robbery the allies of each other—devils dressed in angels’ robes, and hell presenting the semblance of paradise.”
― Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”
― Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
― Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”
― Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass