Part one of term paper
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass details the life of Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, from his birth in Talbot County, Maryland to his speech (as a free man) during an anti-slavery convention in Nantucket, on August 11, 1841. The Narrative was written between 1844 and 1845 in Lynn, Massachusetts. It was published in May of ...

Part two of term paper
... through language." (pg. vvi) Douglass "provides a remarkable window into the world of oppression, cunning, and survival in which slaves lived, as well as the religious and ideological world of abolitionism..." (pg. vvi) It is a "tale of bondage, escape, and self-made public career." (pg. vvi) This Narrative truly captures the meaning of slavery. It details many of the traumatic experiences the slaves went through. In chapter one, the first thing we read is the story of Douglass' Aunt Hester bein ...