Fredrick Douglass is one of the most phenomenal black abolitionist that is known in history, because of his stories and his attempts to abolish slavery. Although Fredrick Douglass was born a slave, after he attained his freedom he fought for other slaves and their freedom. In, Narrative of Life of Fredrick Douglass, Fredrick Douglass gives his personal perspective on how it is to be a slave in America. Douglass is very descriptive in his narrative, he names plenty of owners, places, and names of people who he once associated with on plantations. Narrative of Life of Fredrick Douglass, is a very significant novel in American history, we can learn slave’s personal experience with slavery, and the novel also shows how slavery was constructed during
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In the novel, Douglass clearly shows his respect to people of higher hierarchy of him by calling them Mr. or Master. This lets historians know what type of power that these particular men carried on the plantations. Douglass was very descriptive in describing the plantation on where he was located, indicating what was the principle crops grown there and where they were located. This helps historians understand what particular crops were mainly being grown in particular areas of America, during this time period. Douglass mentions where the slaves would get their monthly portions of food and their yearly clothing, this is important to historians because we can understand more in depth the type of treatment that slaves were receiving at this time. Douglass also mentions how after the slaves were done with their work, they all slept on one bed with low quality blankets, and how when the slaves woke up they went straight to work. This indicates how important slave’s work ethic was to slave …show more content…
Although the novel was written by Frederick Douglass, it gives insight of the experience that each American slave went through during this time period. This novel is a very vital piece of history that conveys information from slave’s treatment, how slavery was constructed, and how slaves dealt with slavery on a personal level. This particular novel was very vital for abolitionist during this time period, it pointed out the wrong doings of black people and pushed for the freedom of slaves in
In the novel, Douglass clearly shows his respect to people of higher hierarchy of him by calling them Mr. or Master. This lets historians know what type of power that these particular men carried on the plantations. Douglass was very descriptive in describing the plantation on where he was located, indicating what was the principle crops grown there and where they were located. This helps historians understand what particular crops were mainly being grown in particular areas of America, during this time period. Douglass mentions where the slaves would get their monthly portions of food and their yearly clothing, this is important to historians because we can understand more in depth the type of treatment that slaves were receiving at this time. Douglass also mentions how after the slaves were done with their work, they all slept on one bed with low quality blankets, and how when the slaves woke up they went straight to work. This indicates how important slave’s work ethic was to slave …show more content…
Although the novel was written by Frederick Douglass, it gives insight of the experience that each American slave went through during this time period. This novel is a very vital piece of history that conveys information from slave’s treatment, how slavery was constructed, and how slaves dealt with slavery on a personal level. This particular novel was very vital for abolitionist during this time period, it pointed out the wrong doings of black people and pushed for the freedom of slaves in