ss became friends with another well
             known American abolitionist, John Brown. Brown was involved with the
             Underground Railroad, and later wanted Douglass to join him on terroristic
             attacks on a United States government arsenal at Harper's Ferry. Douglass
             declined to participate in such activities. He fled, once again, to Europe,
             fearing that his association with John Brown might threaten him. He
             returned after several months, and aided in Abraham Lincoln's campaign for
             president. Frederick Douglass had many other achievements, mainly
             political, before dying in 1895, in Washington, D. C.
             Frederick Douglass's life as a slave had the greatest impact on his
             writings. Through slavery, Douglass was able to develop the necessary
             emotion and experiences for him to become a successful abolitionist writer.
             Douglass grew up as a slave, experiencing all of the hardships that are
             included, such as whippings, inadequate meals, and other harsh treatment.
             His thirst for freedom, and his burning hatred of slavery caused him to
             write Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass, and other similar
             biographies. In Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass, Douglass
             wrote the complete story of his miserable life as a slave and his strife to
             obtain freedom. The main motivational force behind his character (himself)
             was to make it through another day so that someday he might see freedom.
             The well written books that he produced were all based on his life as was
             Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass. These ...