The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: Written by Himself
Written by Frederick Douglass
Narrated by Richard Allen
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Frederick Douglass
Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey (Frederick Douglass) was born a slave in Talbot County, Maryland. He took the name Douglass after escaping from the South in 1838. As a leader in the abolitionist movement, Douglass was famed for his eloquent yet incisive political writing. And, like his near-contemporary, Booker T. Washington, understood the central importance of education in improving the lives of African Americans, and was therefore an early proponent of desegregation. A firm believer in equal rights for all, Douglass attended a meeting of the National Council of Women in Washington, D.C., in the hours before his death in February 1895.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The story of acquiring this volume is a long story full of sighs. But having read it, it seems silly to complain about anything so trivial.Reading this book, I wanted to become a Quaker and go on nationwide speaking tours. I wanted to smack a lot of stupid, racist white people. I marveled at both the force of Frederick Douglass's personality and also all the factors that had to fall into place to make his legacy possible. I also marveled at the way he wrote his multiple autobiographies -- not as if posterity would have much interest in him as a person, but that posterity would want to know what this transitional time in history was like. As if 150 years later, it wouldn't be his name looming large, while most of the people he name-checks throughout are forgotten. An excellent last book for Less Stupid Civil War Reading Group, as it probably goes the furthest into the post-war changes in society.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Auto-biograhical account of the end of slavery, by the courageous black leader who convinced Lincoln of the moral obligation to free the slaves. Without him, we might still be a slave-holding nation! A great American! A great book!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An excellent narration
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beautiful book I throughly enjoyed it. I wish he had spoken more about his wife Anna.