“You must stop a little, there is no man whose opinion I value more than yours. I want to know what you think.” How would you feel if President Abraham Lincoln were to tell you this? You might feel so excited that you could not speak, no? Well, for Frederick Douglass, the abolitionist for African Americans, it was a once in a lifetime opportunity to have met him. Simultaneously, Harriet Tubman was risking her life to help African American slaves escape slavery. These people were true African American Heros. Douglass would represent the slaves and Tubman would free the slaves. But, what could have happened if theses heros were not as successful?
Still, Frederick Douglass had lived a wonderful life, compared to the little white boys he made friends with when he was a kid. He knew that the boys he made friends with, and told them that, “you will be free as soon as you you are twenty-one, but I am a slave for life.” Like said in lines 72-73 of Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Later on in Douglass’s life, he would become an abolitionist, and a representative for …show more content…
By this, I mean that, what if Frederick Douglass have a good life but, he just could not be motivated to do anything for himself or others because he always thinks that “you (the little white boys he made friends with) will be free as soon as you you are twenty-one, but I am a slave for life,” said in lines 72-73 of the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. But, what if Tubman was caught on one of her journeys? She would have been hanged to death, and the others would have been sent back to the farm. Even if she were to escape the punishment, her name would have spread around and no one would might want to go with a unprofessional conductor. She would no longer be trusted by anyone of her kind. Plus she might be even scared to do another route to
Still, Frederick Douglass had lived a wonderful life, compared to the little white boys he made friends with when he was a kid. He knew that the boys he made friends with, and told them that, “you will be free as soon as you you are twenty-one, but I am a slave for life.” Like said in lines 72-73 of Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Later on in Douglass’s life, he would become an abolitionist, and a representative for …show more content…
By this, I mean that, what if Frederick Douglass have a good life but, he just could not be motivated to do anything for himself or others because he always thinks that “you (the little white boys he made friends with) will be free as soon as you you are twenty-one, but I am a slave for life,” said in lines 72-73 of the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. But, what if Tubman was caught on one of her journeys? She would have been hanged to death, and the others would have been sent back to the farm. Even if she were to escape the punishment, her name would have spread around and no one would might want to go with a unprofessional conductor. She would no longer be trusted by anyone of her kind. Plus she might be even scared to do another route to