Edward Covey As The Narrator In Frederick Douglass

Edward Covey is a notorious slave "breaker" and Douglass's keeper for one year. Slave owners send their unruly slaves to Covey, who works and punishes them (thus getting free labor to cultivate his rented land) and returns them trained and docile. Covey's tactics as a slaveholder are both cruel and sneaky. He is deliberately deceptive and devious when interacting with his slaves, creating an atmosphere of constant surveillance and fear.

Frederick Douglass is he author and narrator of the Narrative. Douglass, a very skilled and spirited man, is a powerful speaker for the abolitionist movement. One of his reasons for writing the Narrative is to offer proof to critics who felt that such a clear and intelligent man could not have once been
"The only penalty of telling the truth, of telling the simple truth, in answer to a series of plain questions" (page 23 narrative) what this quote means to me is that no matter what racial segregation will always continue. He was punished for answering truthfully to questions thinking that he might have gotten away easy. Unfortunately it didn't happen. The second important quote is "The whisper that my master was my father" in this quote he is expressing how he feels like he has been working as a slave for an unconsidering long time and has now believed that the whisper of his master is his
He educated himself and became determined to escape the horror of slavery. He attempted to escape slavery once, but failed. He later made a successful escape in 1838. Frederick's life as a slave had the greatest impact on his writings. Through slavery, he was able to develop the necessary emotion and experiences for him to become a successful abolitionist writer. He grew up as a slave, experiencing all of the hardships that are included, such as whippings, scarce meals, and other harsh treatment. His thirst for freedom, and his burning hatred of slavery caused him to write Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and other similar biographies. In his Narrative, he wrote the complete story of his miserable life as a slave and his strife to obtain freedom. The main motivational force behind his character (himself) was to make it through another day so that someday he might see freedom. The well written books that he produced were all based on his life. They all started with Douglass coping with slavery. He had a reason to write these works. As a die-hard abolitionist, He wanted to show the world how bad slavery really