Summary: Fredrick Douglas

What do you think slavery really is? After reading Fredrick Douglas i feel more educated about slavery. Through his opinions and experience he has shared with me the horrors of slavery. Slavery is not much of a problem now, but it for sure was in the past, and many people do not know much about it. Douglas is a man, maybe the only slave to really know how to read and write to be able to tell us his thoughts. When Douglas was young he remembers Auld’s wife trying to teach him to read but Auld forbade her saying that the lessons would make him unfit for slavery. This is important to know because this means despite his setback he still learned to read. If he had not learned to read he would not be aware of his condition and might not wish