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Frederick Douglass An American Slave Summary

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Report over the Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass, an American Slave

Quintin Adkins

11-27-16

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass. The original book was published in 1845, less than seven years after Douglass was released from slavery.The publisher was the Anti-Slavery Office and it has 160 pages.This book describes the life of Frederick Johnson who informs the reader of the cruelty of slavery throughout powerful events.

Douglass’s life on the plantation was not as hard as that of other slaves. Sophia Auld, Hugh’s wife, had never had slaves before so she was surprisingly nice to Douglass at first. She even began to teach him to read until her husband forces her to stop, saying that education makes slaves unmanageable. After the Hugh’s become cruel to Douglass, he resolves to escaping to the North. He is taking back to a man named Thomas Auld, but he said Douglass was to unmanageable, so he rents him to Edward Covey, he is known for “breaking” slaves. After Douglass’s time with him he was no longer interested in reading or freedom, capable only of resting from his injuries and exhaustion. The turning point comes when Douglass …show more content…

He is then sent back to Hugh Auld, to learn the trade of ship caulking. Eventually, Douglass receives permission from Hugh Auld to hire out his extra time. He saves his money and makes his escape to New York. Douglass fears he will be recaptured so he changes his name from Bailey to Douglass. In New York he was able to marry his love, Anna, and the two moved to New Bedford where it was much safer. Douglass experienced some prejudices working in New Bedford. One day he attended an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket and was asked to

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Even though Douglass bounced from master to master he would never give up on searching for a loop whole that would somehow lead him to his true desire, his dream, his freedom. Fredrick tried to escape certain times but keeps on failing but that did not stop him to look for the key to his dream, to his desire, to his freedom. After several attempts and failure, his wish was finally granted he got his ticket to freedom also known as New York City but his journey does not end here but this was just the beginning. Fredrick tasted freedom as he desired and his dream did get granted but even though he was free and is living his long life dream he discovered that his journey is not over that this is not his final epiphany, although he got his freedom he knew that with him living freely there were other people suffering from the harshness and cruelty of

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Following the death of Fredrick’s, slave owner, Captain Anthony, Douglass was sold to the ownership of Anthony’s son-in-law. Douglass was later hired out to a professional slave breaker, a man who would beat and mistreat slaves until they gave up and did whatever they were told. Weeks later, Douglass began to fight back, consequently the beatings stopped. He then became under the ownership of the Auld’s. The Auld’s took Douglass back home with them to Baltimore, where he began to work on the shipyards.

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In the first three paragraphs, Douglass’ writes about some of the difficulties he faced as a slave, although his leisurely tone conveys little emotion. In these paragraphs, Douglass writes long, winding sentences, containing many details and a great deal of imagery. He mentions slave-breaker Mr. Covey, who was extremely

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His beatings and lack of food were only part of his miserable daily life. Eventually Douglass was able to successfully escape this life and vowed to forever actively support the equality of all

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Dallin Jones C. Ogimoto American Literature February 15, 2023 Frederick Douglass Rhetorical Appeals Fredrick Douglass was born into slavery on February 14, 1818. He later escaped slavery in 1838. Frederick Douglass is most commonly known for his narrative, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. The purpose of this narrative was to uphold the principle of freedom as an inalienable human right and to prove how slavery was dehumanizing. Fredrick Douglass neatly uses ethos, logos, and pathos to promote his purpose, but pathos is by far the most effective due to the correlations between him and the reader.

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He is then sent back to Maryland to live under a man named Thomas Auld. Mr. Auld is a very cruel man that believes that Douglass is not fit to work for Him. Auld then sends Douglass to live with a man named Mr. Covey. Mr. Covey is notorious for working slaves to their breaking point so they can then work better for their masters. Mr. Covey made Douglass work in the field for the first time and Douglass received many beating because of his inexperience.

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He then adopted the name Douglass and married a free African American woman from the South. They settled in New Bedford, Massachusetts, where their children were born. Douglass tried to make a living doing hard labor, and he quickly became involved in the antislavery movement that was gaining strength in the North. Douglass was a great speaker, his speeches were well thought out and Touching, and he was able to inspire those who had heard him. Some Harvard students who had heard him speak were so impressed that they pleaded him to write an autobiography about himself.

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In Frederick Douglass’s book, he writes accounts of his time in slavery and beyond. Throughout the book, Douglass writes about not only the physical hardships slaves endured, but the mental and emotional hardships as well. In Chapter X, Douglass describes a battle he had with a temporary slave owner named Mr. Covey. After the fight concludes, Douglass writes, “This battle with Mr. Covey was the turning point in my career as a slave. It rekindled the few expiring embers of freedom, and revived within me a sense of my own manhood.

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Annotated bibliography Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. New York: Dover Publications, 1995. Print.

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In the darkest time of the United States, Frederick Douglass, an American slave, saw first-hand the horrors of slavery. Seeing this sent him on a mission to escape from slavery to the north, but several moments in his life changed his mission either for the better or the worst. Several turning points in Frederick Douglass’s life, including his unexpected move to Baltimore, and his time in Edward Covey’s farm shaped his aggression and attitude toward slavery. The first turning point occurred when Douglass was unexpectedly moved to Mr. Hugh Auld in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Douglass encountered multiple harsh realities of being enslaved. For example, the ex-slave was practically starved to death by his masters on multiple occasions. In fact, “[He was] allowed less than a half of a bushel of corn-meal per week, and very little else... It was not enough for [him] to subsist upon... A great many times [he had] been nearly perishing with hunger” (pg 31).

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The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is Frederick Douglass’s autobiography in which Douglass goes into detail about growing up as a slave and then escaping for a better life. During the early-to-mid 1800s, the period that this book was written, African-American slaves were no more than workers for their masters. Frederick Douglass recounts not only his personal life experiences but also the experiences of his fellow slaves during the period. This book was aimed at abolitionists, so he makes a point to portray the slaves as actual living people, not the inhuman beings that they are treated as. In Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, slaves are inhumanly represented by their owners and Frederick Douglass shines a positive light

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A famous abolitionist, Frederick Douglass wrote, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave,

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Lastly, Douglass’ explains his thought on slavery and from what he says it becomes ironic. One of the ironies in the book that Douglass talks about is how religious slaves are more cruel than non-religious slaves. In chapter 9, Douglass’ master, Thomas Auld, became

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“With them, justice, liberty and humanity were “final”; not slavery and oppression.” This relates to the hardships and the fact that the people don’t recognize how terrible it is. And that these meanings of these “free” words mean something else to him and other slaves. He shows that the changes are hard but once they are made everything will be peaceful. Rhetorical features and strategies are Douglass’ forte’ in engaging with the audience.

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