Frederick was a slave in the early half of the nineteenth century and then got his freedom. After getting his freedom he wrote this book about his events that he had to endure from his life as a slave. This book that Douglass was good because it help people really understands what a slave as to go through. Douglass discusses the behavior, treatment and thoughts toward slaves. This information helped historians to get right into …showed first 75 words of 1271 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1271 total…Also to what it takes to have something that everyone wants and that is being free. The historian used this to get ideas and explore the issues of the motives of slavery, and how it played a role in America. Douglass writing his book discussing his life puts a cold aspect in the American lifestyle to how they were treated and to this we can learn from this, to which we did the Civil War.