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    Frederick Douglass was as helpful as a map telling you where to go when you are lost! Douglass was born into slavery as a child and was raised working as a slave with no other choice. He is now known for his accomplishments that he worked for and what he did to make a difference with other people. He had many different jobs that made him succeed in life. I believe that Frederick Douglass is a very inspirational and courageous person. Frederick Douglass was a slave who lived a rough life as he…

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    Frederick Douglass, who was named Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, was born into slavery, but would become one of the greatest civil rights activists in American history. He was the son of a slave named Harriet Bailey and a caucasian man who he never knew. He was born in February of 1817 in Talbot County, Maryland. Douglass was one of the most important abolitionist in the United States. After he escaped slavery, he wrote an autobiography titled Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass…

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    of the life of Frederick Douglass follows a man who found freedom after many years of slavery. The narrative starts of by telling us where Frederick Douglass was born, which was Tuckahoe. He also mentions his mom Harriet Bailey. She died when Frederick was about seven years old. His first master was Captain Anthony. The overseer was Mr. Severe, he was a very cruel. Later he was replaced by Mr. Hopkins. Frederick and many slaves lived in a place called the great house farm. Frederick talks about…

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    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…

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    Frederick Douglass was a profoundly influential man during his time. He was a pioneer in the abolitionist movement, even serving as an advisor to the president of the United States. Without his efforts, the United States of America would likely be a very different place than it is today. Douglass faced many struggles throughout his life when standing up for his beliefs. Even when facing these hindrances, he did not lose faith and continued to fight for what he knew was right. Frederick Douglass…

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    and upset. One person who was very much excited to take part in the war was non other than Frederick Douglass. Douglass then becomes a recruiting officer and speaks to many different African American people to get them to join in the war. After all those lectures and speaking his heart out about his country, there were 200,000 black men who joined the war. A great quote that was used in the film was, “Douglass insisted that what this war had been about was not just a fight between men of valor,…

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    Frederick Douglass is known frequently as the slave to free himself and escape from slavery. He had the ability to capture onlookers and listeners with his words and vast vocabulary, which was extremely rare, perhaps even unknown, as a trait of a slave. This being that slaves were kept illiterate and ignorant, seeing as any knowledge would likely lead to the discovery and want for a life of freedom, which their masters obviously discouraged by whip. Frederick Douglass, who although does not…

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    Frederick douglass was a free black slave who brought light into the world of slavery and it lit upon darkness. It showed something truly dark about slavery. It showed how it affected not only the slaves but also the slave owners. In the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass, it has so many reasons and so much evidence to support this claim of mine. In this mini series, Douglass purpose of writing this narrative was to show what slavery really is terrible for all…

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    are brave and courageous no matter what challenge they face. An example of someone who is a hero could be Frederick Douglass, who was an African-American social reformer. Even though he was frightened to speak in front of a group of people (mostly white), he still mustered up courage to speak about people’s rights as he had said in his autobiography, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,…

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    “A white man’s freedom cannot be purchased by a black man’s freedom. “ Frederick Douglass was one of the most influential figures in the Abolitionist Movement. An abolitionist is those who favor to end slavery and think that slaves should be freed because it is the right thing to do. Before being one of the most popular speakers out there, when he was the son of a slave woman and a white man. He disobeyed the ban of reading and learned it from the white kids that went to school and his…

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