Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass is the first black slave become a politician, a philosopher and a writer. Born in 1817 on a plantation in the state of Maryland, he realized that reading and writing were going to be his pathway to freedom and success. At the age of twelve, he is sent to serve the brother of the son-in-law of his owner to Baltimore, where he ask the poor white children that he knew if they could teach him to read and write if in exchange he gave them his own food. Then, in 1836, he tried several time to escape from his new owner, but was unsuccessful. In 1837, he fell in love with Anna Murray, with whom he escaped. At just 23, he gave his first speech and two years later published his autobiography. I think that Frederick Douglass is an hero because He made something that seemed initially impossibe and fought to put end to slavery. I also think that his testimony is very important, in the sense that it could change the world and the way people think. Once the goal of ending slavery was reached, he continued to fight for the rights of women, for example, and became an inspiration for many people.