"Learning to read and write is a personal story written by Frederick Douglass, a former slave and abolitionist. This story is an except from "Narrative Of The Life," published in 1845. Of Frederick Douglass He explains of how he was able to read by the teachings of Master Hugh's wife. After he learned to read, he shows how the world opened up for him through the use of imagery. Frederick Douglass wrote this story to inform people on slavery and how they were denied the right to education, in fear of a revolt, and how he was able to educate himself to better understand what was going on around him. He learned to write by copying down the letters written on timber and using Master Thomas' copy-books from his school. His main audience was that
