How Did Douglas Become An Abolitionist?

Following the death of Fredrick’s, slave owner, Captain Anthony, Douglass was sold to the ownership of Anthony’s son-in-law. Douglass was later hired out to a professional slave breaker, a man who would beat and mistreat slaves until they gave up and did whatever they were told. Weeks later, Douglass began to fight back, consequently the beatings stopped. He then became under the ownership of the Auld’s. The Auld’s took Douglass back home with them to Baltimore, where he began to work on the shipyards.

After two attempts to escape slavery, Douglass finally prospered. During the final effort, he thrived with help of Anna Murray, a free black woman in Baltimore. Douglass gained access to identification of an African American sailor; which he used for himself to pass off as the sailor. On September 3, 1838, Douglass embarked a train to Havre de Grace, Maryland. Douglass was dressed in the sailor’s uniform that Murray had provided him. He carried the identification papers attained from a free black seaman. Douglass made his way to the safe house of abolitionist David Ruggles in New York in

He later was hired by the Massachusetts Antislavery Society due to a motivational speech he delivered during an abolitionist meeting. In 1841, at an abolitionist meeting in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Douglass was a powerful speaker by the way he delivered his speeches. He spent much time thinking out his words ensuring to reach and inspire all the individuals among the crowd he spoke to. He even impressed some Harvard students during a speech. They were the people responsible for persuading Douglass to write an autobiography. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass was published in 1845. The book gained a lot of people attention, which put Douglass life in danger. The book risked him being captured and places back into