Frederick Douglass Biography Essay

Frederick Douglass: Life of an American Slave
Lorelei Victoria Hernandez
8th grade Language Arts: Period 6

Fredrick Douglass: Life of an American Slave

Fredrick Douglass was a man of quiet power. A man that changed our whole world. He made a difference in our life style today. Without his courageness and example, we might still be divided. The people of this nation would still see people as colors and injustice would still be rampant. He was a great man with a resilience that is hard to find in many people.

Fredrick didn’t know anything about himself when his enslavement began, all he knew was what his owners told him. Frederick Douglas was born in February of 1818. He spent his
He made a plan to escape his owner’s wrath and be free. But his plan was delayed because in early April he was jailed after his plan was discover two years later, meanwhile still living in Baltimore and working at a shipyard, Fredrick would realize he fled the city on the year 1838 September 3 he travelled on train then a steamboat then a train again and he arrived at new York city the next day,7 weeks later he settle in a new Bedford, Massachutes , living with his new mistress with him (met her in Baltimore married her in new York
He attended Abolitionists' meetings. He subscribed to William Lloyd Garrison's weekly journal, the Liberator. In 1841, he saw Garrison speak at the Bristol Anti-Slavery Society's annual meeting. Douglass was inspired by the speaker, later stating, Garrison, too, was impressed with Douglass, mentioning him in the Liberator He began his own anti-slavery society, Douglass was inspired by the speaker, later stating, no face and form ever impressed me with such sentiments the hatred of slavery as did those of William Lloyd Garrison. Garrison, too, was impressed with Douglass, mentioning him in the Liberator. Several days later Douglass gave his speech at the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society's annual convention in Nantucket the speech described at the top of this page. Of the speech, one correspondent reported, Flinty hearts were pierced, and cold ones. He read newspapers constantly, and sought out political writing and literature as much as possible. In later years, Douglass credited The Columbian Orator with clarifying and defining his views on human rights. Douglass shared his newfound knowledge with other enslaved people. Hired out to William Freeland, he taught other slaves on the plantation to read the New Testament at a weekly church service. Interest was so great that in any week, more than 40 slaves would attend