Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass review

In the genre of books which we can call “Triumph of the Human Will in the Face of Evil,” Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave is a classic. It is in the same class as Solzhenitsyn, which is extremely high praise. But some books transcend their genre. This is one of those books. Douglass’ narrative is more than a story of the escape from slavery. It stands as a metaphor for the liberation of the human mind. Consider first Douglass Himself. Beginning in slavery … [Read more...] about Freeing the Mind in Chains