Jason Furman's Reviews > Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

I had never read this before but no one was waiting for me to say that it is, indeed, excellent. In many ways the story is familiar (not least because I read the magisterial biography Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom) and it also follows many of the familiar contours of slave narratives and escapes. But it is so well told, so insightful and sympathetic, when it is unsympathetic it is even more powerful, and with William Lloyd Garrison's excellent introduction and the conclusion which in some respects is still in the middle of the story, that heightens its power.

I listened to the audio version narrated by Raymond Hearn and would highly recommend that recording.