Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: an American Slave

Frederick Douglass

Jul 2020 · Google Play Public Domain · AI-narrated by Marcus (from Google)

About this audiobook

In Frederick Douglass' 1845 memoir, the former slave and famous orator, describes the events of his life including the brutal treatment that he experienced and witnessed, at the hand of slave masters. This book is the most famous narrative, told from a former slave during this time period. The memoir is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature that fueled the abolitionist movement in the United States.

Ratings and reviews

Worst narration ever. It was as if punctuation never existed and the narrator never heard humans speak. Ruined a fine biography. Pass on "Marcus" and wait for a real narrator.

well written and well-read. good attention to punctuation. An eye opener from someone who lived through it. (slavery in 1800s south America)

excellent very good read. I'm so proud of him!

About the author

Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey; c. February 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York. He became famous for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings. Accordingly, he was described by abolitionists in his time as a living counter-example to slaveholders' arguments that slaves lacked the intellectual capacity to function as independent American citizens. Likewise, Northerners at the time found it hard to believe that such a great orator had once been a slave.