The Best Man To be the best we can be is one of the calls of humanity. Booker T Washington embraced this call while Fredric Douglass rejected it. Two of the great anti-slavery activists of the 19th century were Booker Washington and Fredric Douglass. In their autobiographies “Up from Slavery” and “Narrative on the Life of Fredric Douglass” they both wrote about their hardships and how they overcame them. The both of these superlative men started out as slaves. However how they dealt with this horrendous reality was quite diverse. All persons, after reading these majestic manuscripts, will agree that both Washington and Douglass were slaves in their early years. Some individuals believe Washington was the better young man whilst others comprehend
