“Knowledge is the pathway from slavery to freedom” one of Frederick Douglass’s many quotes. Knowledge not only helps Douglass… but it makes him become aware of the evils of slavery and the anti-slavery movement. . Douglass was brought into the world of slavery and privately taught himself himself to write and read. Douglass was so incredibly determined to learn because he believed that knowledge was his road to being a free man. Even though a slave studying how to read and write was a crime punishable by death Frederick Douglass endured extreme physical and mental pain in order to learn. The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave brings us along on an engrossing journey through the eyes of a slave. Throughout his auto
