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Analysis Of Chapter 7 Of Narrative By Frederick Douglass

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Chapter seven of “Narrative” by Frederick Douglass focuses on him learning how to read and write while living in Master Hugh’s household. Douglass mentions he lived there for seven years. Douglass talks about having a mistress who was “... a kind and tenderhearted woman…” (p. 52), she did treat him as a slave but more so as a human being, however, nothing made her more angry to see him with a newspaper. Later on, in the chapter, Douglass talks about him regretting his own existence, as if he didn’t have a reason to live in the world. He then came across the word “abolition” but, had no idea what it meant at all, nor did he wanted to ask anyone what it meant. After reading one of the city papers, he discovered that the word “abolition” meant,
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