Freddie Douglass Expository Essay

After a rigidly fought battle with Great Britain, we, America, finally grasped what had evaded us for so long—independence. It was then that the fortitude of this nation was tested. A battle begun, one centered around ascending to a pinnacle never before seen. This was the gateway to one of the most inhumane time periods in this country’s history: slavery. With the inherent support of the founding fathers, as well as many other political leaders, America’s economy flourished with the barbaric assistance of slavery. Slaves were people of African-American culture. Regardless of gender, they were appointed the gratuitous task of working on the plantations in the south. Working in horrible conditions, they endured long hours of labor. With the …show more content…
During this part, in this autobiography, Freddie Douglass temporarily departed from his previous owner, Master Thomas and is making a cameo stay at Mr.Covey’s for a year due to his rebellious, mischievous, freedom seeking attitude. Freddie shares many stories of how Mr.Covey treated them slaves, and how “he was a very hard-working man”, and also how “there was no deceiving him” (Douglass 103). Slaves worked hard all the time, even in his absence they worked just like they would if he was present. They had no freedom, Mr.Covey was so cunning, he earned the nickname “the snake”. Douglass afraidly mentions, “Mr.Covey’s forte consisted in his power to deceive. His life was devoted to planning and perpetrating the grossest deceptions” (Douglass 104). This shows how Frederick explicitly states what mental torture slaves go through, not knowing where Mr.Covey is, and how he is going attack them. Misery is apparent throughout this portion of this section, as Freddie Douglass frequently uses words like “again”, “long journey” to describe his tone of hopelessness and fear. He really attracts the reader’s emotions talking about how Mr.Covey deceives and perpetuates the grossest deceptions, as too that is why slavery should be