I am about to talk about a very famous man who went from being a slave, and becoming a free man. He is a man that had a very interesting life. When he was young he had a terrible life from the day he was born. Yet during his years of being a slave, he was taught how to read and managed to escape his owner. He was the first slave fugitive to speak out against slavery. The man I am talking about is a man called Frederick Douglass. I stated this in the first paragraph, but Frederick Douglass didn’t have the best childhood. He was born from a slave mother and a white father, so he was criticized from that. Since he was born he was taken from his mother almost instantly and sent to live with his slave grandmother. When he was the age of 6 he
Frederick Douglass was a slave in the 1800’s that had many troubles in life, he had to work for many slave owners, but even though he was not allowed to read, with the help of other people he learned how to read. During the time I was a slave I was sold to a man called “Mr.Auld” and his mistress “Mrs. Auld” Mr. Auld was a basic slave owner, but Mrs. Auld was a nice lady and did not take pleasure in giving me work. Mrs. Auld, the mistress had tried to teach me how to read even though slave owners were not allowed to teach slaves to read. This was very nice of her and it felt like she thought of me as a real person.
Frederick Douglass was born as a slave on a plantation in Maryland. When he was just Seven his mother died in his arms. Fourteen years later he escaped slavery, with the help of his friends’ free papers. Imagine yourself at just twenty-one on the train when you could get caught at any moment. As he once said that when you are fighting for something, “ Agitate!
Many individuals, without any given option, were conflicted of multiple hardships through an early stage in their life to late adulthood only for the sake of making money for other’s benefit. Enduring such forced labor proved to be difficult for anyone eating “ash cake” (Online Douglass 68). The end results never took a pleasant appearance due to the fact that many fell ill to such cruelty, or even worse many died before ever having any contact with family. Thus leading a man by the name of Frederick Douglass to apostatize and acquire a mentality, by means of learning how to read and write, that no human is to stand idle against such a barbarous thing as slavery. After a lengthy solo fight for freedom and escaping North, Douglass settles down
The issue of slavery has always been a sensitive and important topic in the history of the United States. Frederick Douglass' Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an autobiographical account of his experience as a slave and his eventual escape to freedom. His story is not unique, as many other slaves attempted to escape to freedom. However, most slaves did not make the attempt to escape, and this raises the question of why Douglass was able to achieve freedom while most other slaves did not. In this essay, I will explore the factors that set Douglass apart from his peers and the qualities that impelled and helped slaves to escape.
Individuals can empathize and grow from learning from the past experiences of others. The pre-civil war era in United States was a time where many humans were mistreated both psychologically and physically. Frederick Douglass’ Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave gives readers the opportunity to understand exactly how America’s history shaped modern-day social norms and behaviors. Douglass’ personal account not only positively influenced the abolitionist movement, but raised questions of morality and human rights. The story of Frederick Douglass’ life shows exactly the repercussions of humans unjustly mistreating other humans.
Fredrick Douglass under extra ordinary circumstances and luck managed to escape the debilitating and devastating effects of slavery. Slavery being so debilitating tested even the strong will of Fredrick Douglass. Douglass even after being educated still felt the chains of slavery. It was through such masters like Mr. Covey that moved him past his breaking point. “My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellectual languished, the disposition to read departed the cheerful spark that lingered abut by eye died; the dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man transformed into a brute!”
Douglass managed to overcome the maltreatment of his wretched slave owners through the eventual attainment of freedom. The injustice imposed upon the African-American slaves by their owners was the crux of Douglass’s motivation to escape this inhumane life. Adolescents in today’s society could use Frederick’s determination as an example of moving forward to better oneself or one’s situation regardless of
His beatings and lack of food were only part of his miserable daily life. Eventually Douglass was able to successfully escape this life and vowed to forever actively support the equality of all