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| Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Written by Himself (The Bedford Series in History and Culture) | 
| Author: Frederick Douglass
Creator: David W. Blight
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 3677
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 188
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 0312257376
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.8092
EAN: 9780312257378
ASIN: 0312257376
Publication Date: December 25, 2002
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Condition: Standard shipping arrives within 6-8 business days. This is the textbook only unless otherwise noted. Cover Wear, edge wear
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The Rest of the Story July 7, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
In the classic slave narrative genre, Frederick Douglass' narrative of his life brings to life, in all its horrors, American slave society, and one slave's life-long protest against it.
When we read Frederick Douglass in his own words, he is less the radical and more the reformer than we've been led to believe. He is also more the Christian statesmen and less the Christianity critic than we might imagine. Douglass' oft quoted comments about Christianity had much more to do with a righteous critique of distorted Christian living practiced by white masters than with any critique of Christianity or of Christ. In reality, Douglass, like so many enslaved African Americans before and after him, saw in Jesus a Savior they could identify with--a suffering Savior.
Reviewer: Bob Kellemen, Ph.D., is the author of Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul Care and Spiritual Direction , Soul Physicians, and Spiritual Friends.
Not Just a African, but an American Hero! October 9, 2005
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
Frederick Douglass is the complete ressurection of the saying, "Knowledge is Power." With the more information he aquired as a slave the more he lusted for freedom. He also provides an excellent example of what black people in this country could do for themselves, interms of their economical status. Looking further, Douglass loved to think and imagine the endless possiblities, while he was still in bondage physically. When he began to read and understand the "Hypocrasy" that this country was based on, using christianity as it main tool, and what every human should be allowed by right, this released his psychological enslavement. If blacks throughout this country could read and understand there were blacks that went through worse situatians and overcame them, and the current situation that destroy the black communities were created for them to fail, just like slavery, many would wake up and take on the mask of Douglass. The mask that says, "regardless of class, race, or creed, this world was created for everyone to enjoy including me."
 Required Reading August 27, 2004
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I read this book as part of a summer assignment entering into the 11th grade in addition to "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" by Harriet Jacobs. Both are great pieces of African-American historical literature and well worth the read. I couldn't read this book all in one sitting, due to the need to fight the urge to throw up. He detailed descriptions of physical, psycological, and emotional abuse are enough to sicken any one and make you disgusted with the human race.
My heart broke June 11, 2004
9 out of 17 found this review helpful
The honesty with which this is written is amazing. I was glued to it from page one. I felt disgusted by the human race, saddened by his traumas and guilty just for being white. I think this needs to be read more. Especially in schools. Why isn't it???
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