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The title is a bit misleading as it only contains two articles. If you've never read anything on Frederick Douglass, then I think it's a good place to start due to its brevity (the first article, not so much the second).
I was surprised to note there were only two articles in this collection. However, both were an enlightening read. I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a primer about a dark period of America's history. One that is still going on in some shape and form mostly because of idiotic political leadership.
The first entry is about his escape from slavery. He talks about the severe danger those underwent who helped slaves escape to the North, and how the punishment of death could even be given for such aid. Apparently freemen carried certain identifying papers that they would have to produce upon demand and renew from time to time. Sailors also carried somewhat similar papers, so he was able to get those from a friend, dress in sailor clothes and get on a train leaving Maryland. The story of his e
Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass has a bit of a poor name. When one thinks of a collection, one usually assumes more than two. However, I found these two articles to be absolutely fascinating and an absolute must-read. "My Escape From Slavery" was absolutely enthralling and I couldn't stop reading it. I feel like I really learned from it and I feel like it's an important firsthand account to read in studying the period. "Reconstruction" came off a bit textbook-like at times, but I felt i...
Collected articles of Frederick DouglassGreat read I would have to say. The exploration of the thought process assisted in viewing the times as they once were.
If by "collected articles" you mean 2 articles. The first one is the story about how Douglas escaped from slavery. It is pretty eye opening if youve never read such a narrative before. Really shows you how brutal their situation is, and how ridiculously powerful and authoritarian the state was, for all those who glorify ye olde republic. The second essay was shorter, and I was less of a fan of it. It was essentially an ideological defense of radical reconstruction. yuck.Just the first essay gets...
This book offers a real window on a dark chapter of American history.Douglass had personally experienced much suffering due to the intolerant racial attitudes held by so many white people at that time. He had felt the skin splitting sting of the plantation master’s whip and had witnessed people of his race being bought and sold just like so much furniture or livestock. So he was understandably suspicious of white people. But Abraham Lincoln was one white person who not only enjoyed Douglass’ res...
Collected Articles of Frederick Douglass (Audiobook)by Frederick DouglassThis collection consists of two articles and its title is therefore, unlike some reviewers bemoan, fully justified. It was released as an eBook in 2008 (and as a LibriVox audiobook, to which I listened, in 2014) to, if I understand correctly, commemorate Martin Luther King Jr day (or the 1993 Gutenberg Douglass book, of which this is an accompaniment, was made to commemorate the Holiday - the Gutenberg text is unclear about...
Este libro me fue recomendado por una abogada. Desde la primera leída, me generó sentimientos de impotencia, angustia, ansiedad. No por la visión de Frederick, sino por la sociedad que lo defenestraba, lo ignoraba, lo acechaba, lo invisibilizaba. Nacido esclavo, no luchó por su raza (este es mi punto de vista personal), sino más bien, por la dignidad de la Humanidad. Creo que él intuyó que el segregacionismo no tenía mucho futuro en el futuro. Pero aun así, se encargó de encender hogueras (no pa...
Still applicable- great readFrederick Douglass gives us his emotionally moving story of what it meant to go from being a slave to then being free, experiencing for the first time earning what was rightfully his in wage. This was extremely touching and heartbreaking all the same. The next part he continues on to discuss the governments role, lack of action and the expectations we as a people should, and some of us do, have regarding the quality and standards of those in office... So often his wor...
This book was fascinating. The events are shocking and even sometimes frightening to think about what Mr. Douglass went through. I enjoyed it, although at times it was a little dry and textbook like. He writes in a very matter of fact way.
We shall overcome
Kind of reviewing the title rather than the content. The content was excellent just not enough of it. Usually a collection has more than 2 items in it. There are literally just 2 articles. I should have been more aware that there weren't very many pages so it is my own fault but it just isn't what I would call a collection.
If you haven't read any Frederick Douglass, this is a terrible place to start. He wrote three autobiographies during his life. The first, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, covers his childhood in slavery and eventual escape. As a free man, he was so eloquent and impressive that the veracity of his story was challenged - some Harvard kids just couldn't believe a slave could speak so well! - and so he risked everything and published his story to prove his word. Then, he had to flee the
Wonderful read. Short and very accessible.
Wonderful read. Short and very accessible.
Would like it better if the collection were more than just two essays.
Reading this in the midst of the Ferguson, Mo riots really moved me. We cannot forget the past or think that it has no relevance in our present.
Reading this in the midst of the Ferguson, Mo riots really moved me. We cannot forget the past or think that it has no relevance in our present.
