It was difficult to read, mainly because a couple of generations removed, it's hard to understand owning people, and surely the cruelty and brutality is startling.
But ... it was worth working through all of it, to understand - however superficially - what life was like for a slave.
Douglass was a champion of sorts, a hero in a surprising way. Through luck, perseverance, and an indomitable human spirit, he became an educated free man.
This is recommended reading. Surely, there are aspects of what he endured that are still around today....
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