The Life of Frederick Douglass
Slavery, in every sense of the word, will always be terrible. In the autobiography by Frederick Douglass, the man himself talks of the experiences he encountered as a slave. With his targeted audience being the general population, he tells a firsthand account of what his life was like before he was a free man. The purpose of his narrative is to share the value in education. Frederick Douglass uses education as a tool for transformation by creating a bond within his community, making physical freedom possible through mental freedom, and by learning that education was the key to freedom. When subjected to the authority of Mr. Freeland, Frederick Douglass was able to spread his knowledge to his fellow slaves. At
Slavery, in every sense of the word, will always be terrible. In the autobiography by Frederick Douglass, the man himself talks of the experiences he encountered as a slave. With his targeted audience being the general population, he tells a firsthand account of what his life was like before he was a free man. The purpose of his narrative is to share the value in education. Frederick Douglass uses education as a tool for transformation by creating a bond within his community, making physical freedom possible through mental freedom, and by learning that education was the key to freedom. When subjected to the authority of Mr. Freeland, Frederick Douglass was able to spread his knowledge to his fellow slaves. At