Fredrick Douglass published My Escape from Slavery an article about his journey of escaping slavery with help from people along the way and becoming a free man. Douglass was fearful of disclosing how he escaped in the beginning if the master learned the escape plan they could have stopped slaves from escaping and the persons that aided and abetted the author could have faced murder. When Douglass started his escape, he used a sailor’s free papers, that state he is a free American sailor. Many escaped slaves used sailor’s protection papers or free papers. Douglass escaped Maryland by train that headed to Philadelphia. While, being on the train Douglass was in fear of being noticed as a fugitive. Douglass regrettably
Fredrick Douglass published My Escape from Slavery an article about his journey of escaping slavery with help from people along the way and becoming a free man. Douglass was fearful of disclosing how he escaped in the beginning if the master learned the escape plan they could have stopped slaves from escaping and the persons that aided and abetted the author could have faced murder. When Douglass started his escape, he used a sailor’s free papers, that state he is a free American sailor. Many escaped slaves used sailor’s protection papers or free papers. Douglass escaped Maryland by train that headed to Philadelphia. While, being on the train Douglass was in fear of being noticed as a fugitive. Douglass regrettably