Frederick Douglass

The Story of an American Slave

De: Frederick Douglass

Narrado por: Jim Hodges

Enter the world of a slave, with all the pathos, brutal honesty, and striving of the heart to breathe free.

Frederick Douglass was born in slavery in Talbot County, Maryland. During service to masters cruel and kind, he nevertheless learned to read and write. After suffering whippings, hunger, heat, cold, and grueling labor, he escaped from slavery in 1838. In 1841 he addressed an Anti-Slavery Society convention and spoke so eloquently that they immediately employed him as an agent. He was such an impressive orator, numerous persons doubted if he had ever been a slave. In response, he wrote this, his first autobiography.

Public Domain (P)2014 Jim Hodges Productions

Deserves a Biopic!

This was a well written narration by an important figure in American history. He chronicles his suspension journey, while providing insight of the time he lived. It baffles me that this is not a movie or streaming series as the script is mostly written!

Amazing story

I have no words right now to fully express my thoughts and feelings on this story. It’s an amazing story, and the narrator did a great job reading it.

What I found may shock you...

I was not sure what to expect when I set out to learn through Fredrick Douglas’ narrative. But what I found was incredible. The same lack of consistency in the American Church of the 1800’s can still be seen today! Like Douglas I am a passionate follower of Jesus and taken back by the seemingly intentional disregard for calling out the injustice of racism from those who claim to be Christian.

This revelation is only a snippet of the enlightenment available to those who embark to hear, learn, and be moved by this fantastic autobiography!

Evocation of the full range of emotions

Simply excellent. Love how he poked at white Christianity. Crueling whipping slaves Mon to Fri and praying to a merciful God on Sunday. Reading abruptly ended, strange.

The best

The best

This book is the best book of American slaves for many reasons I really recommend this book .

Power Through Pain

Through heart-wrenching low lights & heart-stirring highlights, this performance and story serves to enlighten & inspire! You can feel the power through the pain!

Narrator

The narrator seemed to be extremely jovial which I thought was strange considering some of the topics discussed. I thought it was a strange combination.

Incredibly powerful story and beautifully written

This autobiography of Frederick Douglas is beautifully written and gives such an insight as to what it must have been like to be a slave in the early 1800’s. Douglas’ vocabulary is astonishing for anyone, but especially for that of a man raised a slave in Maryland who had to sneak around trying to teach himself how to read and write. This illustrates the immense intellect he possessed. But this audiobook would have been even more powerful if it had been narrated by an African American intellectual.

Life of a slave but performed by a white man?

The book was a great insight into the life of a plantation slave. Douglass wrote such moving stories from his experiences but the narrator caused me to disengage while considering the reason for a white narrator. I can even hear the slightest chuckle on his voice or light hearted way he read a sentence that felt wrong for the tone in which Douglass was conveying.

Great depiction of a American slave mindset.

This was a great story and depiction of what American slaves went through in this time. From the beatings, mental conditioning, and religious conditioning was very well illustrated.