In his last chapter he doesn’t fully reveal the details and facts of his escape. The reason for this is that the individuals who helped him to escape would have been threatened and he cared too much for them. He also didn’t want to make it more difficult for other slaves to escape, because the way he escaped is still in use by some other slaves. Furthermore I believe if the masters would have known the escape plan, then they might would have guarded the slaves with more care and suspicious. Of course the reader was waiting for him to reveal his escape, but to withhold some information in this chapter is in my opinion a smart move from Douglass. Throughout his book, he gave so much detailed information that I think it was the right thing to …show more content…
He didn’t just care for him he was someone who cared for others too. Douglass didn’t want that others came in trouble because of his escape. Douglass was first enthusiastic when getting his first job and this not as a slave, he was his own master, working for himself and no one else. After a confrontation between Douglass and Hugh he plans to escape to New York. Douglass keeps his plans to escape a secret, he succeed that Hugh didn’t find out of Douglass’s plans and he felt like on the same level as Hugh. The second attempt to escape brought him freedom in another place. Douglass found it hard to leave his friends behind. But in favor to have freedom in his life he had to give up the friendship he found in Baltimore. While reading this last chapter it sounded like this was another huge turning point in Douglass’s life, after reading the Liberator he was getting more familiar with the antislavery movement. While speaking at the abolitionist convention he felt really nervous and not easy to speak in front of white people. It wasn’t easy for