Similarities Between Frederick Douglass And Booker T Washington

Free Men

If you were forced to work hard and diligently to make yourself a life out of nothing, would you try? Booker T. Washington, a former slave, entered his freedom penniless, jobless, and homeless. In 1782, he traveled to Virginia off a very small supply of money. There he hoped to find jobs to sustain his basic needs and raise enough money to enroll in Hampton Institute. 50 years later, a man who narrowly escaped his slavery would face the same challenge of establishing his free life in New York. He had endured cruel masters during his slave life, and traveled far to begin his free life without a job nor an education, his name was Frederick Douglass.

Both of these men had weathered different slave conditions, Frederick experiencing

His escape from his awful treatment had not been easy, at every point of his journey he faced being discovered and arrested. He had disguised himself as a sailor to travel by train, using a sailor’s pass instead of the required free papers, which he did not have. The sailor’s pass described a generic sailor that he could not pass for, but the elaborate and authoritative eagle on the top he hoped would distract the conductor, which it did. He knew the risk he faced during his journey, but for his freedom he was willing to sacrifice his life. Although their slave lives were much different, Booker and Frederick sacrificed much for a life of their

In order to be emitted, he would need enough to money to sustain himself, thus in order to go to Hampton he would need a stable job. When he first arrived in Virginia, he noticed sailors unloading cargo. He offered the caption help in exchange for money for food, proving from the beginning that under no circumstance would he fail to spend every minute raising his money to achieve his ambitions. Not long after he arrived in New York, Frederick was advised to leave for a place safer. It was suggested to him to head for New Bedford in Massachusetts, where finding a job as a Calker, a trade which he was experienced in, would be plausible. Frederick’s patience was tested time after time yet he remained steadfast, persevering his goals without hesitation. Booker and Frederick sought different jobs yet worked for the same