When Douglass talked about freedom, it was not much so of how much every African American wanted it, because we all know how much they wanted freedom. It was more about how he attained freedom and how it felt. “I have been frequently asked how I felt when I found myself in a free State...I suppose I felt as one may imagine the unarmed mariner to feel when he is rescued …show more content…
The reason he was was because he was a slave himself and he knows how sad it is to be isolated and have nothing good to do other than work. Although a woman taught him to read and write and it wasn’t too bad for him, as he got older it got worst and he just wanted to be his own man and do his own things. Many people believed it wasn’t right for black people to be slaves, but it was just the way it is. And if someone can’t make a difference than he was, speaking out about what he dreamt it would be like and if one day he could be free himself. Although sometimes it got him into trouble, most of the time people listened.
Frederick Douglass was no ordinary slave. He believed speaking out was something that he should do to help give it a step further into freedom for all. The topics he talked about a lot was freedom, slavery, and antislavery. He wanted to put out there that he was opposed to slavery and that it was harmful and corruptive to society. He was taught early how to read and write and he that came in handy for his future so he could become a free man by speaking out about the troubles in America. Eventually, he was successful, and became a free