Fredrick Douglas gave a clear picture in our imaginations of slavery. But that's all we could do, because people in our generation could never experience anything like slavery in this day, so we need an image to create in our minds of what it was like, and that's exactly what Fredrick Douglas did. One section in the book that stood out to me is when one of the main characters was worked so hard he could not stand. And he became very ill, he thought he had the flew and he collapsed. His partner got help and explained to their master he was sick. And the master beat him and beat him and told him to stand up and continue his work. He could not stand. So when master was not looking he crawled under a porch to get out of the sun and the master could not find him. That night he left, and carried himself to the sellers home because he was positive that he would place him in a new home. But he didn't, the seller would not get his pay for the year, and the contract would then be br...
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