My Package And My Freedom By Frederick Douglass
George Lyons
2017SU United States History
Frederick Douglass’ book entitled My Bondage and My Freedom is a continuation of his earlier works. He starts the book by acknowledging his grandparents, Betsy and Issac Baily, with whom he grew up with in Tuckahoe near Eastern Shore Maryland, a town known for “nothing that I know of more than for the worn out, sandy, desert like appearance of its soil”. His mother, who “was the only one of all the slaves and colored people in Tuckahoe” who was not illiterate, died when he was eight or nine years old. He remembers not feeling much sorrow or sadness after her death. “I received the tidings of her death with no strong emotions of sorrow for her, and with very little regret for myself on account of …show more content…
A specific pamphlet written in 1845 led Douglass to escape to England to avoid capture and a possible re-entry to slavery. Douglass could not board the ship to England as a cabin passenger due to his race. Despite this, other passengers visited him and invited him to their quarters. “My fellow passengers not only visited me, but invited me to visit them, on the saloon …show more content…
Emotional aspects will pull in historians, as well as students who desire as much knowledge of Douglass’ life as possible.
The book was engaging in the sense that it took the reader into the actual life and times of Frederick Douglass, and gave the reader an accurate description of all that happened during his life at the time. He was not only an intelligent man, but was well cultured and adamant in his belief system. He gets down to every detail in daring fashion, and entices the reader with his stories of resilience and aptitude in the abolitionist movement. Douglass fulfilled his objectives by writing this book as a way to further popularize himself during his time with the movement. He needed this book which contains his stories to further his agenda in freeing slaves and stopping racial
2017SU United States History
Frederick Douglass’ book entitled My Bondage and My Freedom is a continuation of his earlier works. He starts the book by acknowledging his grandparents, Betsy and Issac Baily, with whom he grew up with in Tuckahoe near Eastern Shore Maryland, a town known for “nothing that I know of more than for the worn out, sandy, desert like appearance of its soil”. His mother, who “was the only one of all the slaves and colored people in Tuckahoe” who was not illiterate, died when he was eight or nine years old. He remembers not feeling much sorrow or sadness after her death. “I received the tidings of her death with no strong emotions of sorrow for her, and with very little regret for myself on account of …show more content…
A specific pamphlet written in 1845 led Douglass to escape to England to avoid capture and a possible re-entry to slavery. Douglass could not board the ship to England as a cabin passenger due to his race. Despite this, other passengers visited him and invited him to their quarters. “My fellow passengers not only visited me, but invited me to visit them, on the saloon …show more content…
Emotional aspects will pull in historians, as well as students who desire as much knowledge of Douglass’ life as possible.
The book was engaging in the sense that it took the reader into the actual life and times of Frederick Douglass, and gave the reader an accurate description of all that happened during his life at the time. He was not only an intelligent man, but was well cultured and adamant in his belief system. He gets down to every detail in daring fashion, and entices the reader with his stories of resilience and aptitude in the abolitionist movement. Douglass fulfilled his objectives by writing this book as a way to further popularize himself during his time with the movement. He needed this book which contains his stories to further his agenda in freeing slaves and stopping racial