The eloquence of Douglassâs speeches caused some skeptics to doubt his credibility, believing that a former slave with no education could never speak so well. The brutalities he witnessed and his slowly growing desire for freedom are presented in the vivid language he was already known for in his antislavery oration. It covers his life as a slave, enduring the whips of the overseers and the hopelessness of his circumstances, until his escape to the north and arrival at New Bedford, Massachusetts. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass was written in 1845, seven years after Douglass escaped slavery, and is the first of three autobiographies. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick DouglassĤ0,587 words (2 hours 28 minutes) with a reading ease of 68.3 (average difficulty) Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover.
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