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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Douglass

AuthorDouglass, Frederick, 1818-1895Title Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Note Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_of_the_Life_of_Frederick_DouglassNote Reading ease score: 76.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Credits An Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger Summary "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave" by Douglass is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The book chronicles the life of Frederick Douglass, detailing his experiences as a slave and eventually a prominent abolitionist. It offers not only a personal testimony of the brutalities and inhumanities of slavery but also Douglass's journey towards freedom and his quest for education. The opening of the narrative provides an intimate perspective of Douglass's early life and the pain inflicted by the institution of slavery. He reflects on the uncertainty of his birth date, the cruel separation from his mother

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Written by: Bill of Rights Institute

By the end of this section, you will:

Explain how and why various reform movements developed and expanded from 1800 to 1848
Explain the continuities and changes in the experience of African Americans from 1800 to 1848

Frederick Douglass grew up enslaved in Maryland, where his individual human dignity was stripped away by a system of owning other human beings. He barely knew his mother, who had had to walk several miles from another plantation to visit him when he was a little boy. He also did not know who his father was, though he guessed it was one of the white men on the plantation. He did not even know his birthday.

When Douglass was seven years old, his grandmother carried him to another plantation where he witnessed the horrors of slavery. He watched as his aunt was stripped to the waist and brutally whipped, causing blood to run down her back. “It was the first of a long series of such outrages . . . It struck me with awful force.” Douglass never became reconciled to such an unjust system.

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The Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, who was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland, in 1818, became one of the most famous intellectuals of his time. His journey from an enslaved child, separated at birth from his mother, to one of the most articulate orators of the 19th century, was nothing short of extraordinary. In defiance of a state law banning slaves from being educated, Frederick, as a young boy, was taught the alphabet and a few simple words by Sophia Auld, the wife of Baltimore slaveholder Hugh Auld. Frederick’s lessons ended abruptly one day when he heard Auld scold his wife, telling her that if a slave knew how to read and write it would make him unfit to be a slave. From that moment on, Frederick knew that education would be his pathway to freedom.

“I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted. ”Frederick Douglass

At the age of 20, after several failed attempts, he escaped from slavery and arrived in New York City on Sept. 4, 1838. Frederick Bailey, who changed his last name to