Owning a slave turns Mrs. Auld into a very brutal person, but before long she is more brutal than her husband. Nothing makes her more angry than catching Douglass with a newspaper. He does not let this stop him as he is convinced that knowledge is the key to getting away from slavery. He manages to learn by making friends with white kids in the streets, and they’re happy teach him what they have learned in school. Douglass has a favorite book called The Columbian Orator which has many speeches. His favorites are about slavery and one teaches him the power of persuading his master. Douglass has heard the word abolition means times before and one day, figures out the meaning by looking in a newspaper. This helps Douglass realize that there is
