meday he might see freedom. As a die-hard abolitionist, he wanted to show the world how bad slavery really was. "He did this really well, because he made people understand the unknown, and made abolitionists out of many people. This man had a cause, as well as a story to tell" (Schomp, p 25).
             Throughout the well-written narrative, Douglass uses examples, from the severe whippings that constantly took place, to a form of brainwashing by the slaveholders over the slaves; he described the terrible conditions that the slaves were faced with in the South during the early 1800s. The purpose of his narrative was most likely to give others not affiliated with slaves and slavery an explicit examination of what actually happened to slaves physically, mentally, and emotionally to show the precise importance of knowledge to the liberation of slaves. When he was a boy of seven or eight, Douglass recalls his excitement when moving to Baltimore. He is uncertain as to what expectations he should hold, although he feels that there is no place that he could dislike more than Colonel Lloyd's plantation. Even at this young age, Douglass could grasp the notion that no matter how hard the struggle in Baltimore may be, he had already been prepared for it by his treatment at the plantation and he then felt ready to endure any further hardship. Douglass left without regret and with the highest hopes of future happiness.
             The extent of the torture that Douglass endured was at points horrible enough for him to consider taking his own life. Nevertheless, to counter this physical distress, Douglass seats himself near the bay to watch the ships pass by. It is here that he considers that his misery in slavery shall secure him greater happiness as a free man; which he vows to one day to be. No matter what the struggle or burden, for Douglass, "there is a better day coming" (Early African-American Classics p 67).
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