In their respective narratives, both Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs expose slavery as a brutal and degrading institution. ... In comparing Douglass' and Jacobs' narratives in regards to their examination of plantation life, it becomes evident that both seek to enlighten Northerners on the true nature of slavery. ... A notable difference between Douglass' and Jacobs' portrayal of plantation life is the tone by which they expose the desolation of life as a slave. ... Though both Douglass and Jacobs recognize that a significant cause of grievance for the slaves ...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Book Review Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas: An American Slave Written by Himself Introduction: Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born around 1818 into slavery in Talbot Country, Maryland. ... Later in his life Douglass chooses to celebrate it on February 14. ... It was at the Auld home that Frederick Douglass first acquired the skills that would vault him to national celebrity. ... (Ch. 5,  A Narrative). ... American author, abolitionist, and lecturer, Douglas wrote three autobiographies during his life-time;  A Narrative on the Life of Frederick Douglass, an...

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• Grade Level: High School

Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frederick Douglass were authors during this struggle between north and south and each of them wrote powerful stories which became an integral part of American history. ... Douglass" book, called "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave," is an autobiography and gives an account of what it was like to live as an American slave. ... Douglass also shows the same opposition through the description of his direct encounters with the brutal life of slavery. ... In conclusion, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Beecher Stowe show similarities in their views...

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The book Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave is a powerful reminder of the impact the institution of slavery had on American life, especially during its twilight years in the mid-1800s. ... The role of song within the slave community was an important one to note when discussing slavery in America. ... Douglass serves under many different masters and overseers throughout his life as a slave, and he (and the reader through him) comes to learn from these experiences that not only is the slave dehumanized in the institution of slavery, but quite often the master as wel...

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It includes a vast number of aspects and elements: the slave ship, the sense of community, the function of the sea, the horrible treatment and condition of life in the slave ship, moral and physical suffering, darkness and the violence towards the women slaves. "Voyage Through Death / To Life Upon these Shores" symbolizes the apex of the construction of the Middle Passage; this is an emphatic claim to life, signifying the arrival of a new people on the scene of the New World. ... This produced copious perspirations so that the air became unfit for respiration from a variety of loathsome sme...

• Word Count: 4160
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School