Talk:Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

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Comments[edit]

Um... the summaries start with chapter 5. where's 1-4? Vote4jr (talk) 03:06, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They were removed, I've readded them. -- penubag (talk) 04:40, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Should the Preface, Letter, and Appendix be included? dude1818 (talk) 21:04, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding this sentence at the end of the first paragraph, wasn't the abolitionist movement before and during the Civil War? (So 19th century?)

"In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 20th century in the United States." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:646:8B82:45A0:515A:34CB:6CC2:708A (talk) 00:14, 10 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment comment[edit]

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This is an important book, as stated in the very short article. I probably will not have the time, but I hope someone could work on improving it. Check with other biographies to see what you need to put. Right now I suggest just trying to make this article longer, so people can learn more about this important book. Thank You. --Robin63 16:02, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 16:02, 2 April 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 00:51, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Merge with other autobiographies ?[edit]

This article is listed as level-5 vital article, and imho rightly so. Still, there is little activity, and it is still rated start-class, imho rightly so. There is another problem: Since Douglass wrote three autobiographies, having a very similar content for the first decades of his life, the articles on those autobiographies tend to be redundant. To solve both the problems of inactivity / manpower and of redundancy, I'd suggest to create an article "Autobiographies of Frederick Douglass", and merge the content of three articles.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Rsk6400 (talk • contribs) 19:56, 26 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Reactions to the Text Source[edit]

I have read the reactions to the text part several times, the text appears on several other websites discussing the book and referencing the Norton critical edition. However, I've looked for this letter, bought the actual Norton book and cannot find any mention of the letter in question. The book simply says he published a response, but the letter itself is not present. Should we either remove this reference to the letter being in the book, or may someone else point out to me where exactly this letter in in the book? Edward Liu 323 (talk) 06:22, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say, if you have the book, just correct the text and give a reference with the exact page number where letter and response are mentioned. --Rsk6400 (talk) 06:46, 7 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The thing is, I guess I should've pointed this out sooner, the letter itself is not IN the book, it is simply claiming that Douglass responded to the letter, with no evidence backing up the claim that he did, or indeed that such a letter even existed in the first place! Thus, despite this exact paragraph being repeated in several different places online, I question if it's even wise to have it in the article in the first place?

2600:1700:8490:8460:1849:5ABD:37D2:B758 (talk) 14:13, 5 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Influence on Contemporary Black Studies[edit]

This section of the article is dense with field-specific jargon, and is inaccessible to most readers. I’m far from qualified to revise the section, but I wanted to flag it so that someone with expertise in the field can revise how the article presents this important aspect of Douglass’s work. 2600:8800:9C04:B00:A048:67E3:7169:F7EA (talk) 00:04, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]