ical," he again speaks out for women, saying: "we advocate woman's rights, not because she is an angel but because she is a woman, having the same wants and being exposed to the same evils as man" (Douglass 72). Another common topic of Douglass' was that of his fellow African Americans. From slavery to "freedom," Douglass continued to push for equality between black and white. In his essay, "The Color Line," Douglass points out that "of all the races and varieties of men which have suffered from this feeling, the colored people of this country have endured it most" (Douglass 168).
             Douglass' writing is straightforward, lacking in the use of symbols. However, he describes American society's inequalities using a language that is convincing. This achieves his purpose, which is to convince the majority of the public to overcome inequality. His reasons for this date back to his very own experiences with inequality as a slave and as a black man (Andrews 45).
             Douglass was born into slavery, and experienced the cruelties of slavery firsthand. These experiences would obviously influence his future writing, since his major works were slave narratives. These narratives exposed his life as a slave and the trials he went through. It is only through his past experiences that he is able to produce legitimate and believable narratives (McEntee 3). His three slave narratives, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom, and The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, show his commitment to presenting the cruelties of slavery through his own experiences (Andrews 82). His major reason to write out about his personal experiences with slavery was mainly to convince the public of the authenticity of his stories. This was a way to give irrevocable data that could persuade others that he was indeed who he said he was (Mishkin 174). Since slaves were deprived of thei...