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Biography Of Fredrick Douglass: The Peculiar Institution And An Age Of Reform

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Isidore E. Sharpe Professor Tracy Moore HIS 104: American History 22 November 2017 Summary Paper on The Peculiar Institution, and an Age of Reform Frederick Douglass was born in Maryland into slavery, in 1818. He was the son of an unidentified Caucasian man and an African American mother. No one had advanced faster than Frederick Douglass during the era of self-made man in American. He defied the laws of Maryland by learning how to read and write, after all Frederick owner’s wife was his teacher along with other Caucasian children (Fonder, 395). Fredrick’s life would be different from slaves, he worked as a skill craftsman and a house servant before working the field of a plantation. So, Fredrick Douglass soon faced many floggings to break his self-determine and free spirit. Instead of oppressing his spirit, Fredrick became more determine to pursue a new career. Soon afterward, Frederick found freedom in the north. By the nineteenth century, Fredrick Douglass was known as one of most prominent African American men (Fonder, 396). …show more content…

It was also known as a peculiar institution. During the eighteenth century, a couple of surveyors established a boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, known as the Mason-Dixon Line. The Mason-Dixon Line setup a boundary line between slavery and freedom. While most people would have hoped the light was going dim of slavery. Slavery grew to about four million slaves prior to the eve of the Civil War and seem very profitable. Nonetheless, the south faced difficulties with economic development. It was limited in industry growth, immigrants entering the region, as well as, hindering to technological improvements. As of 1860, the South produced less than ten percent of nation’s manufactured goods. Slavery was seen as an economic hindrance to Northern Americans (Fonder,

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