Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

The 1845 text. 11 parts, about 34,161 words, 3 hours of reading. Source edition.

Passages the guide marks

If you teach that nigger how to read, there would be no keeping him. It would forever unfit him to be a slave.
Chapter 6 · Read it in Chapter VI
You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
Chapter 10 · Read it in Chapter X
I have often been utterly astonished, since I came to the north, to find persons who could speak of the singing, among slaves, as evidence of their contentment and happiness. Slaves sing most when they are most unhappy.
Chapter 2 · Read it in Chapter II
I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
Attributed to Douglass · Read it in Chapter X

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