Graphic novel written by David F. Walker about the escaped slave, abolitionist, public speaker, and of all a hero Frederick Douglass. Walker illustrates this man’s journey from start to finish with justice to the true hero Douglass had become. Throughout, Walker emphasizes Douglass’s most proud goal, asserting his humanity for himself and all enslaved. Douglass did not achieve his humanity easily, though, while dealing with constant battles. Walker's purpose to emphasize Douglass’s humanity was to tell his entire story of how he had lost his humanity, the hardships he went through to get it back, and his goal being achieved reaching his humanity. Earlier in Douglass’s life, he slowly and painfully lost his humanity to slavery. Douglass was …show more content…
Douglass dealt with the wrath known as Aunt Katy. Aunt Katy had the pleasure of torturing Fred, which felt endless. He was forced to sleep on the closet floor, eat out of troughs with very little food, and be beaten. When Douglass was feeling most hopeless, his mom went 12 miles on foot to visit Fred at the plantation. Slavery has set evil barriers between mother and child. This force keeps slaves from giving simple comfort to their loved ones even at the time of death. This comfort was not spared for Douglass when his mother passed away shortly after her visit. Once Fred’s master had died, he was transported to Baltimore to work for Mrs. Auld. Douglass had been introduced to religion and public speaking, so he started teaching at a Sunday school. Master Thomas was not happy with this and forced Douglass to be “broken”. Douglass was sent to Covey, a slave broker that breaks slaves using cruelty. After his year of service with Covey, he lived with Willian Freeland, his new master. Douglass had acted on his thoughts of escape, gotten caught, but had escaped to Baltimore. Time passed and Douglass escaped slavery. He has a wife, Anna, living in New