Frederick Douglass Reflection

Narrative of Frederick Douglass is an autobiography. It's the story of his life from the time he was born a slave to the time of his escape to freedom in the North. He then added a valuable political viewpoint in his story. When Douglass wrote this book in 1845, slavery was still legal in most of the Country. He became educated and then a public speaker and writer to try to stop it. He believed that if he showed people what he and many slaves went through, they would understand why it needed to be ended. Even though he tell us his personal story, he never forgets his goal of abolishing slavery.
Douglass would eventually become the best known abolitionist in the country because he managed to do more than just write about slavery. Instead of just arguing against slavery, Douglass asks some questions about what freedom really is.
Frederick Douglass's Narrative is not just about slavery. It it is a powerful point of view of what it was like to be a slave, how the world looked, and what kind of place America was, when it was only free for white people. But while a lot of books were written by ex-slaves, Frederick Douglass's narrative is by far the most important one, because he wants us to think about more than just the legal, historical, and political issues of slavery and freedom. He wants us to think about it as a question: what does it take
Freedom isn't something that is given to us; it's something we have to find for ourselves in order to reach it. Although Douglass had it a lot harder than most of us ever will, we each have something to learn from his perspective and the courage in search of his own freedom, and his refusal to quiet before finding what he deserves. One of the lessons Douglass has to acquire is that this battle never really stops. As long as anyone is a slave, Douglass knows he himself is not going to be fully