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The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Date sent: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 18:35:32 -0800
From: Mike
Subject: Frederick Douglass
I wish I had read this years ago. I never really appreciated the ability to read and write. I don't even know if I would have had the determination to learn under such obstacles.
Date sent: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 03:14:31 -0700 (MST)
From: (Kathy H)
Subject: Frederick Douglass
I never knew the horrors of slavery until reading this book. It appalls me to learn that people who claim to live a spiritual life caused the suffering of a whole class of people. Thank-you Frederick Douglass for writing your story.
Date sent: Thu, 07 Aug 1997 20:34:21 -0400
From: Thomas
Subject: The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
The eloquence with which Douglass delivers the sad events of his earlier life as a slave is superb, the rhetoric planned and packed with emotion. Thus the "Narrative" remains one of the greatest--albeit haunting-- examples of autobiography ever penned by an American writer. Douglass' words don't only speak to the intellect, they reach out and shake the soul.
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