Frederick Douglass. A former slave, a writer, and an abolitionist who fought hard to achieve civil rights for himself and his African-American race. At the age of 20, Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery and he took on the role as the leader of the abolitionist movement, hence his profound rhetoric. Throughout his lifetime, he composed of several autobiographies that are now today’s classics of American slavery stories. Before his turning point in life,his abolitionist movements, his early life helped him define who he became as we know it. Then, his leading role in the abolitionist movements created chances for the African-American race to gain their civil rights that they never once had before. After his abolitionist movements, his contributions
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Frederick Douglass had gained so much respect for Sophia who treated him as if slavery had not existed and everyone lived in harmony. Sophia taught in secrecy until Hugh Auld caught her actions, which he disapproved greatly because he believed that slaves who learn how to read and write will want to desire freedom. Although,Sophia was not able to teach him anymore, Frederick did not give up at all in learning. Whenever he could, Frederick would take time to go to the white kids and neighbors and learned as much as he could from them. As Frederick kept on reading, he found out about the idea of slavery. He definitely opposed the idea of slavery and wanted to make a change even at a young age. Newspapers kept him updated and he decided to do political work and write literature. Frederick decided to help his people, the enslaved, to become more educated about what was happening to them. At this point in time, there were churches, which was a center for the enslaved people. This gave him a chance to teach the New Testament to the slaves at the church, which was weekly. For six months, Douglass’s teachings were kept secret until other plantation owners found out and bursted into the seminar one Sunday morning. These people armed with weapons, were furious and wanted to disperse the gathering permanently. In 1833, Frederick Douglass’s owner, Thomas Auld, sent Frederick to Edward Covey, a poor farmer whose known as the “slave breaker”. Edward Covey was known to beat and whip slaves regularly. which in the end, he breaks the slaves psychologically. Covey did just that to Frederick Douglass, but Douglass eventually fought back and won a physical battle, resulting in Covey never beating him
Frederick Douglass had gained so much respect for Sophia who treated him as if slavery had not existed and everyone lived in harmony. Sophia taught in secrecy until Hugh Auld caught her actions, which he disapproved greatly because he believed that slaves who learn how to read and write will want to desire freedom. Although,Sophia was not able to teach him anymore, Frederick did not give up at all in learning. Whenever he could, Frederick would take time to go to the white kids and neighbors and learned as much as he could from them. As Frederick kept on reading, he found out about the idea of slavery. He definitely opposed the idea of slavery and wanted to make a change even at a young age. Newspapers kept him updated and he decided to do political work and write literature. Frederick decided to help his people, the enslaved, to become more educated about what was happening to them. At this point in time, there were churches, which was a center for the enslaved people. This gave him a chance to teach the New Testament to the slaves at the church, which was weekly. For six months, Douglass’s teachings were kept secret until other plantation owners found out and bursted into the seminar one Sunday morning. These people armed with weapons, were furious and wanted to disperse the gathering permanently. In 1833, Frederick Douglass’s owner, Thomas Auld, sent Frederick to Edward Covey, a poor farmer whose known as the “slave breaker”. Edward Covey was known to beat and whip slaves regularly. which in the end, he breaks the slaves psychologically. Covey did just that to Frederick Douglass, but Douglass eventually fought back and won a physical battle, resulting in Covey never beating him