Fredrick Douglass lived in a horrible environment. slaves were given barley any food and care. The hut he lived in had no beds and only one measly blanket. at the end of his working day he and all of the other slaves would drop down on there one Measly bed (which was the cold, damp floor) and huddle next to each other and throw the blankets on everyone. The next morning everyone would have to rise at the sound of the drivers horn and for the ones who were unfortunately late or didn't hear the horn would be greeted by a man called Mr.Sever who waited with a cow skin for the late comers. Through everything that goes on only one thought stays in the Back of Fredrick's head was"“Give him a bad master and he aspires to a good master; give him a