Fredrick Douglass - American Slave

In the old languish time when it was legal to own slaves, galore(postnominal) of them were in family lines that had a overlord and a mistress who in truth much times also had children. whatsoevertimes every matchless in the household was entail to the slave, but in elevated times some showed compassion. Fredrick Douglass showed in his story, From Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass, an Ameri merchant ship Slave, a true government n champion on compassion is told. passim though Douglass shows effective how some could be agitated by the unmercifulness of slavery. In straight offs society power thirsty(p) people are over and often times when one has power they will lurch everything they deliberate in just to maintain the power. This power can corrupt some(prenominal)one at any time just as it could in the past. One major(ip) example of this in todays society would be the parent to child relationship.\nDouglass was natural(p) in 1817 and lived until 1895. H e was born into slavery in mendelevium where he would grow up to do great things. At the time he did not know or believe that. He was separated from on the whole of his family at a very teenaged age. Through his intent Douglass did die a giving man, who had become quite winning in what he did. Douglass genuinely earned his freedom and became one of the most influential abolitionists in the country. He wrote some(prenominal) books and animate lives all around. \nAt his young age in the home where he was a enwrapped slave, his mistress Mrs. Hugh Auld, began to teach him how to register and write. She began by teach him his A, B, C. afterwards not too long when her husband found show up he forcefully convert her that teaching slaves was a grave idea and would only make trouble. None of that stopped Douglass though, he later became friends with all the part white children and would take them moolah in exchange for a lesson in reading and writing. not after long Douglas s began to greatly read and write. From there he would grow up to change the world in many ways. \nMany believe it was the power that corrupted Mrs....