Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass , An American Slave, tells the life of Frederick Douglass as a slave in the south and his life after slavery. Douglass’ narrative takes place in the 1800s and throughout his journey from trying to escape slavery, he realized how gruesome people from the south were. He also realized how deceiving southerners could be which he expressed very descriptively during his life in slavery. He was physically challenged by his slave master by literally getting beaten half to death when a deed was not done up to his standards. Although in Frederick Douglass's story mainly reflects on the gruesome moments of slavery still today people of color fight for their rights and stand up to violence inflicted on colored
