Reader recommendation: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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February 12, 2013
Following the recent PBS documentary series 鈥淭he Abolitionists,鈥� I was eager to read Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. This autobiographical account of Douglass鈥檚 life as a slave, from earliest childhood to his eventual escape, captures the day-to-day realities of slavery with a unique immediacy that is deeply moving.