Summary Of Slavery By Frederick Douglass Right Or Wrong

Frederick Douglass was a former slave and an abolitionist, his story tells of the hardships of the slaves, and its effects on humanity. Douglass was afraid to publish his Narrative due to the possibility of being sent back to slavery, or other people being punished for what he had done. Douglass is very critical of the use of slavery in the United States of America. He also believes that Christianity practiced in the southern United States is not actual Christianity, due to their use and mistreatment of slaves in their economy. Douglass rebukes the romantic image of slavery, testifies against black intellectual inferiority, and displays the disloyalty amongst slaves that has been distilled there by the white owners. Douglass emphasizes the

In the south, many of the white slave owners believed that slaves are inferior to the whites in their ability to learn and write. However, Douglass has proven them wrong in multiple ways. One way the Douglass has proven the white man wrong is by writing his book. By writing a book and getting it published, he has proven that he is more intellectually capable than even many of the white men at the time. Many people did not believe that Douglass was the person that had written this book, which is why the title emphasizes that Fredrick Douglass is the author. With the title being The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave By himself, it emphasizes that the writer of the book is a slave. Another way that Douglass shows his intellectual capabilities is by learning to read and write. However, the process of how he learns to read is another testimony to the capabilities of the man. He would take bread from his owners house and “bestow [it] upon the hungry little urchins, who, in return, would give [him] that more valuable bread of knowledge” (33). Not many people would go through the trouble of getting bread and learning to read from homeless children on the street. This shows his ingenuity, because he was able to think of a way to continue his learning, even though he was forbidden from learning by his owners. The other slaves show their intellectual capabilities by