Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass, though born into slavery was taught how to read, and when he escaped to the north he wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. He was not born with right of freedom with all have today in this country. Frederick fated was decided by people that so called “owned” him. His works were some of the influential texts from the American Transcendental movement. Transcendentalism a system of philosophy, especially that of Emerson, that emphasizes intuition as a means to knowledge or the importance of the search for the divine. Frederick Douglas was born at a time when slavery was allowed to thrive in the south of the United States, but at present time has our country as a whole able to transcend it past. No, truly has only been reduced because racism will likely always be around and we can hope is an education of the past can teach them otherwise. Frederick Douglass was able to transcend his situation as a slave because of Mrs.Auld who taught him how to read at the age of 12. Though they did not finish because Mr.Auld put a stop to it, but by then his was able to read three and four letter words. As a slave for the Aulds he was able to get his hands on a book entitled “The Columbian Orator” and with that he truly transcended his situation. “What i got from Sheridan was a bold denunciation of slavery, and a powerful vindication of human rights.” Frederick Douglass was talking about Sheridan a former slave from “The Columbian Orator”. From Sheridan experiences in the book he was able to form his opinion of his enslavers calling them “wicked” and “”robbers”. Slavery brought inhumane treatment in Frederick Douglass book Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave he talks about the treatment he and many others had to endure. From the excerpt he tells of forced labor of many hours and a lack of clothing for kid. Though there is much worse, Mr.Serere who he wrote about was a sadist.