Frederick Douglass Struggles

In the “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” by Frederick Douglass he illustrates the life and struggles as he was a slave. Douglass tells his story of being born and kept as a slave, and his escape to the North in his early twenties, in a style that depicts the evil he experienced and/or observed in Maryland. Such as, being removed from his mother's care by the age of one, with almost no contact allowed with her for the rest of his life and being clothed as a child only in a knee-length shirt, summer or winter. Also, having no provision for beds or bedding except for a single blanket. Not to forget the atrocities of routine rape of women to increase slaveholders' assets and wealth; which can make anybody’s stomach turn. Slaveholders' …show more content…
It's also very uplifting to see proof that a person raised in the most inhuman conditions and forcefully deprived of any education can turn around and be so intelligent and such an excellent writer. Accomplished through the sheer will, desire to know the truth and determination to control his own destiny. He also provides some interesting views on organized Christianity in this country which is still applicable to this day. Although, Douglass is speaking about our African American history, he writes this novel in a way to speak to everyone. Everyone interested in knowing history as it has evolved over the last 100 years. Douglass astounds with the depth and breadth of his insight into the corrosive effects of slavery - on both the slaves and their masters. He is able to use his personal experiences and agonies to formulate a penetrating analysis of a murderous system. You would have to search far and wide to find someone else with comparable clarity and strength of intellect. Every chapter is full of compelling portraits and memorable insights. He portrays the acts of violence