Fredrick Douglass

             Fredrick Douglass' narrative is a dramatic testimony of human will. His story is
             intriging as well as compelling. This man lived in an era that we currently study with
             amazement. He saw and understood the institution of slavery and the white man's
             ideology, behind it. The "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass", was written by
             himself following his escape to New Bedford, New England. The version of
             this passage has some resourceful history as a foundation for the reader. Explaining
             important transitions in Douglass' life and how the abolitionist movement came about in
             the northeastern region of the American States. After England rid their country of
             slavery, the Puritans sparked a rejuvenation of Christian morals in America. The
             Jeremiads warned their fellow Christians of the evils of slavery and this initially started
             the abolition movement. Douglass' narrative is viewed primarily as abolitionist
             propaganda however; it is clear that Mr. Douglass suffered the cruelties that he describes
             in his life, prior to escape. He meet an activists named Garrison and after hearing
             Douglass speak in Nantucket, Garrison hired him to give anti-slavery speeches across
             New England. Garrison was an extremist with many aspects of the early American
             government. Some of his views were so radical that he caused stagnation instead of
             progress with the anti-slavery movement. Garrison and Douglass disagreed on certain
             ideologies centered around the anti-slave movement. Once Douglass escaped and
             received the Liberator for the first time, he then started participating in anti-slavery
             Douglass' writing style in his narrative was a brilliant display of understanding
             your audience. He knew that his manuscript must be written in a way which would both
             draw sympathy towards the abolitionists cause and not offend the Victorian culture who
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