Frederick Douglass Narrative

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Hannah Shimko Essay on Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. In reading the book, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, there are many key points to be addressed to reflect upon the reading. Douglass was a believer that being able to write was a key factor that ensured a slaves survival. Douglass thought all slave holders and overseers to be initially the same. Common themes in the book include slave holders keeping their slaves clueless to anything that could be valuable information or interesting to a slave, education, and religion of a slaveholder. Also a closer look at slave to master dialogue, and how Frederick Douglass spent his life after he was free. Written word was an important tool for Frederick Douglass. It…show more content…
He realized that it was what would ultimately set him free of slavery. Douglass was always knowledgable and curious. When he was hired onto William Freeland’s farm, he created a Sabbath school where he taught fellow slaves how to read and write. Through Douglass’s ability to read and write, he was able to construct a forged pass when he was planning his escape from Freeland’s far. Douglass wrote that him and other slaves had permission to visit Baltimore during the Easter holiday, and forged his master William Hamilton’s signature. Douglass did this in case he was questioned by anyone during his escape while he was along the Chesapeake Bay. Just in the simple resolution to a mighty big concern of getting caught while trying to escape shows Douglass’s problem solving skills and ability to think with reason. Education was his secret weapon that secured his survival as a…show more content…
It was quite obvious that the excerpt is completely unlikely, to have a slave run away and the master be content with their conversation while the slave convinces the master the let him go. “Master: I do it, then; be free” (131). It is unlike anything Douglass writes. Douglass writes about how slaves would be punished and whipped if a slave would simply forget to remove his hat when speaking to a white person, or if they speak too loudly to their
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