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Did Frederick Douglass Contribute To Abolishment Of Slavery

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What is slavery? Slavery is a horrible thing. Slavery is where kids get separated from their families and are forced to work all day for their whole life. Most slaves are african american but some whites had to work. Only for 7 years though so they could still have a good life. Also if a slave ran away they would send people to get them then they would whip them and beat them. Slaves were sold every where like every day stores markets and lots of other places. Slavery was a big thing back in the olden days. 1. Slaves were treated poorly. They only got fed peas corn and some meats. Slaves would mostly work outside in the barn or in fields as field hands. If they did,they did all the farming and cleaning. If they were a house slave they would …show more content…

Frederick Douglass contributed to the abolishment of slavery. He was able to do this because he was educated as a slave. Frederick Douglass also contributed to the abolishment of slavery as he got older because he wanted to see slavery end. Frederick Douglass contributed to the abolishment of slavery as an abolitionist by writing anti-slavery columns and giving speeches. R.1 He was educated as a slave Frederick Douglass was educated as a slave. Slaves were not allowed to be educated. But his master’s wife wanted to educate him. She wanted to educate him because she had a special bond with him. While he was being educated he started to write a narrative of his life. After a while later Frederick’s master put a stop to Frederick’s learning. Frederick kept him self educated by writing his Narrative of his life and reading books. R.2 Frederick wanted to see slavery end When Frederick was a kid he wanted to be an abolitionist. Later in his life he became an abolitionist.He knew what it was like to be a slave and it was not fun. In fact it was horrible. So he wanted to help slave’s be free. So as an abolitionist he helped slaves be free. R.3 As an abolitionist he wrote anti-slavery newspapers and

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