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The
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
a book review
By Courtney Rumala, 8th grade, February
11, 2004
The
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
is a timeless classic about the cruel chains
of slavery and the burning eagerness to escape to freedom. This
descriptive book takes you on
a journey, from the time Frederick is a little slave boy playing
in the fields to his adulthood as a slave working at the hands of
cruel, stonehearted masters. In addition, Frederick becomes a famous
orator, U.S. minister to Haiti and one of the most articulate figures
in African-American literature and history. This book also tells
of two things slave masters feared and despised most: the knowledge
of how to read and write. As his desire for knowledge grew, so did
his desire to be free.
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