“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress” - Frederick Douglass.
Slavery is one of the worst tyrannical institutions that ever plagued the United States, and Frederick Douglass is one of the few lucky slaves who manages to escape its horrors and become free. The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass is a horrid and vivid autobiography where Douglass describes his life from the beginning to his escape from slavery. This compelling novel paints the terrible truth about slavery in a first person. In his autobiography, Douglass faces and overcomes the obstacles of physical abuse, a lack of fundamental education, and a deep sadness through his determination and courage. As a slave Douglass faces the physical abuse he endures from his masters. Barbaric acts of cruelty from a slave owner are so common that slaves expect them. Many slave owners whips their slaves not only for a punishment, but also
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Although Douglass is initially overcome by joy when he first gets to New York, he is eventually overwhelmed by loneliness and paranoia. Living in the middle of a large city, he is surrounded by thousands, yet he has nobody to talk to. At every step, Douglass sees someone betraying him and that he gets sent to the South. Even though he knows that he is free, Douglass doesn’t feel that way and thinks that he is and will always be hunted. Douglass overcomes his debilitating fear when he meets someone he can actually trust. From there, he is introduced to the community of free colored people in the city and is comforted by the fact that they look after one another. The colored people even go as far to run people out of town threatening a colored man. Without his courage and determination, Douglass would have been too scared to stay in the free states and would have never figured out how to adjust and become so successful and