Compare And Contrast Frederick Douglass And Booker T Washington

“I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs,” said Frederick Douglass concerning being free. Two men, Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass were both born into slavery, and they were seen as property. The actions that lead them to be a slave was not up to them, because both of their moms were slaves but on the other hand the fathers of both men were free. So in this paper today we are going to compare both the live of Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington. We will be comparing their early life, their education, and their life goals. Could you imagine being born into slavery with nothing, and no one to call your own. We will cover the early life of Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington in this paragraph. Frederick Douglass was born into slavery. He worked every day of his life until the day he was freed. He was freed at the age of 21 years old. His mother was a slave as well, he only saw her in the middle of the nights sometimes, and when she died. Booker T. Washington was also born into slavery but he was freed at a very young age. He knew his mother more than Frederick Douglass did. He worked in a mine and his mother cooked in a plantation. Need a quote from the book in this paragraph …show more content…
Even though they did not often teach the slaves, Mrs. Auld taught Frederick Douglass how to read very simple things, but he mostly learned to read at hims worked when there would be letters and numbers on things. He bought lessons from some of the boys on the roads how did he buy the lessons? this could be a great place for a quote. On the other hand Booker T. Washington was able to attend college which taught him most of his skills to read. The only way he was able to go their is because he had to clean while he was their., serving as the janitor. Where did he go to