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Why Is Frederick Douglass Unfit For Slavery

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Frederick Douglass was a slave around the 1800s. Since he was able to escape slavery and gain freedom, Douglass decided to write an autobiography called, The Narrative of Frederick Douglass. Douglass also had a special feature most slaves did not have: he knew how to read.

In the story, Douglass recalled his first master sending him to live with Hugh Auld, a relative of his first master. Douglass remembered Auld’s wife teaching him how to read, but Auld forbade her, saying it would make Douglass “unfit for slavery.” Even with this setback, it didn 't stop Frederick Douglass from learning to read on his own.

Douglass thought of enslavers as criminals. After all, they decided to leave their homes in America, come into Africa, steal away
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