Frederick
Douglass
 Fredrick
Douglass did not live a wonderful life. His father was supposedly
his mother’s owner and they passed away when he was six
years old. There was no one to take care of him after that point.
Even though his father was known as his mother’s owner,
he became a slave after they passed away. His bed was a dirty
floor and during the wintertime he would sleep in a meal bag.
He would usually put his head in the bag and leave his feet out
in the ashes so that they would stay warm. Whenever he was hungry
he would eat corn on the cob. Sometimes, when he felt like it,
he would keep eggs in the barn. When he wanted to eat them he
would just roast them in the fire. Fredrick Douglass was so destitute
that he could not even wear pants. The only clothing he wore was
a tow linen shirt. He did not know anything about schools; however,
white boys and men would teach him how to read and write because
he would bribe them with food. He also learned from the old Webster’s
spelling book and posters that were stuck on cellar doors. Douglass
became a United States Elector, a Marshall, a Recorder, and a
Diplomat, gaining some measure of wealth in the process. Fredrick
Douglass practiced preaching and speaking to hold all of these
important posts. |
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