Frederick Douglass’ Freedom According to the Oxford Dictionary, the word “freedom” has many definitions, “The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants” or “The state of not being imprisoned or enslaved.” Freedom was such an important thing that most slaves would not experience, but for Frederick Douglass, things turned around. Most slave owners brutally beat or even killed their slaves, sometimes for no reason but to set an example. Freedom allowed the slaves to escape this brutality and start a new life. Frederick Douglass had to go through several hardships in order to escape, but on September 3, 1838, Frederick Douglass became physically free. Frederick Douglass met many people while he was moving around from slave owners, and
