Category: Frederick Douglass

Slaves who had been through the middle passage explained it as torture and there was no way to escape except death. While most slaves were brought, sold, and worked others attempted resistance. “The first recorded revolt in the colonies was in 1663, an event involving white indentured servants as well as black slaves.” (History.com) Also…

Jacob Lawrence was an African-American artist that was well known for his series of creations that provided a representation of the African-American life. Born September 7, 1917; Jacob Lawrence became one the best African-American painters amongst the 20th century. Constructing breathtaking work based on living life in Harlem, historical events, and important justice such as,…

The purpose of this paper is to discuss nationalism and its connection to Frederick Douglass. Is Frederick Douglass a nationalist? In order to answer this question, we must go back to the beginning and explore Douglass’s childhood. It is here that he develops some understanding of the world that he lives in. As Douglass gets…

In the excerpt of learning to read and write, Frederick Douglass describes the struggles he faced to read and write and the power of knowledge, which he used to escape from slavery. He describes the situations he had gone through for being an African American slave. His writings show is the cruelty of the slaveholders…

In the Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass, Douglass stated, “all of the white children could tell their ages. I could not tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege.” (Chapter I) The quote from the Narrative would hit home to many slaves, this is one of the many ways that slaves were…

Knowledge is freedom, and ignorance is slavery. From the autobiography of Miles Davis. To be truly free is not just having your freedom, but is having the ability to learn and know more. The narrative, explains how white slaveholders maintained their slaves by keeping them ignorant and how it was a federal offense to teach…