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Fredrick Douglass

Introduction

The Narrative of Frederick Douglass does not tell just about the slavery. It was considered as the actual document, as it painted the bright picture, if someone was a slave and how the horrifying world looked like. It also reflected the history of America when this land was free for white people and blacks were not considered as humans. Frederick Douglass gave the message through his narrative that how much freedom is important for humans. Any individual can cost anything in order to free from slavery as Douglass has proved that he made his soul free. If anyone is slaving then, he is not free in the eyes of Frederick Douglass.

Discussion

He was the son of a woman, who was a slave and anonymous father who was white. His real name was “Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey". He was born in February, 1818 at Maryland's Eastern Shore. He spent most his time as hungry. He lived his early with his grandparents, and he did not see his mother not more than four to five times before her death. At the age of eight, he sent to Baltimore, and he learned the word abolition and abolitionists for the first time. When he again sent back to his country at the age of 15, he was hired at a farm. At this farm, he was treated like animals. He was whipped daily, and all his body and soul was “broken in”.

He made a resolution that he would try his best to be fry by the year 1836. He planned to escape from there, but his plan was discovered and he was sent to jail. After two years he finally made his dream come true. He travelled through trains and steam boat in order to reach the New York City at 3rd September, 1838. He settled in New Bedford after several weeks with his wife. He lived there with a new name as” Frederick Douglass”.

Frederick Douglass noticed that New Bedford has much high standard of living than Maryland's Eastern Shore and Baltimore. He saw that laboring class also enjoyed the facilities. There was also a racial tolerance in New Bedford. The black community was more than thousand people, as they were attracted by the lifestyle and tolerance policies of New Bedford. Massachusetts was only place where votes of black are counted. This was the attraction of many runaway slaves and ...