What Is Frederick Douglass Path To Freedom

When the word “slavery” is heard, people tend to think of the South during this time. Then, about the cruelty that slave went through, but what many people do not know is that this tragic event is recorded in a book written by a slave that witness slavery first hand and that will forever mark the history of the United States. This book the “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” has a deeper purpose of an idea about the view of what actually happened the argument is that freedom is not simply only through a physical escape, but through a mental liberation from slavery and Ignorance is a tool of slavery, yet knowledge is the path to freedom. There are different definitions for “freedom” it means more than just being free. To a slave it means having hope, commitment, pride, having right, and to have a voice when making their own decisions. This was their only dream that made slave stand this torture for so long was their hope of being their own person to make their own decision for themselves. This proofs that freedom was everything to slaves. Frederick Douglass also perceived racial inequalities at a very young age about when he is about seven years old and notes: …show more content…
They got caught for one reason only someone tattletale of their plan, but their were willing take the risk of dying, torture, and anything else to obtain freedom. Their were not going to die without at least trying to be free. They knew the risk, yet they were not expecting this from a former slave to betray them. They were taken to the prison even do they did not have solid evidence. Douglass becomes a carpenter for eight months because that is consider his punishment. He is treated awful due to skin color and is almost killed. He did not die because the cowards ran off when they hit him in the left eye and he goes and tell his master what happen. The master sadly could not help in the situation because they have no witnesses will to help