Change of Douglass’s Attitude in His Later Life Douglass was born in 1817 as a child of slaves, but he escaped when he was young. His early life made him a great abolitionist before the Civil War. However, in his later life, when he got acceptance in upper class society that he was the only three people that invited by Douglass Lincoln to White House and gained official position as a Recorder for the District of Columbia in 1881; His effort for black rights decreased. It can be assumed that Douglass just too tired of life that fighting for rights of black people. But in fact, the reason that Douglass decrease his support to black people after the Civil War is because he cared about his reputation and social status too much. During his early
