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Frederick Douglass

The Story of an American Slave

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Frederick Douglass

By: Frederick Douglass
Narrated by: Jim Hodges
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Enter the world of a slave, with all the pathos, brutal honesty, and striving of the heart to breathe free.

Frederick Douglass was born in slavery in Talbot County, Maryland. During service to masters cruel and kind, he nevertheless learned to read and write. After suffering whippings, hunger, heat, cold, and grueling labor, he escaped from slavery in 1838. In 1841 he addressed an Anti-Slavery Society convention and spoke so eloquently that they immediately employed him as an agent. He was such an impressive orator, numerous persons doubted if he had ever been a slave. In response, he wrote this, his first autobiography.

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This shocking account of the treatment of slaves should be heard by us all. unfortunately slavery is still a global problem and the more we're reminded of these horrors, the closer we are to change

a point of view about slavery that we must hear.

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A great book that shows how perseverance managed to get a determined mind free himself of utterly horrible circumstances.

Amazing depiction of human tragedy

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