Frederick Douglass Heroic Slave Analysis

The State of Virginia embodies the Founding Fathers, the American Revolution and the nation by symbolically demonstrating the beauty of the union. But similarly to the State of Virginia, the sense of American Nationality is flawed because of the institution of slavery. Using Jeffersonian rhetoric, abolitionist Fredrick Douglass’ “Heroic Slave” transforms white attitudes through his promotion for solidarity, activism and resistance. Douglass effectively constructs a new narrative as a revision of the American Nationality that represents a new nation that addresses privilege and protects the rights of all men. Madison Washington, who’s name is figuratively a representation of the Founding Fathers, anchors the beginning of a new nation. Riding