Life of Frederick Douglas
Frederick Douglass was seen as an influential speaker towards abolition. ... As a result, Douglass wrote and published his story Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, adding “Written by Himself” as a subtitle, to recognize this as his own work. Frederick Douglass was born in approximately 1817. ... At age seven, Douglass experienced a life-changing move to Baltimore to work for Hugh Auld, a relative of Captain Anthony, where he was treated as a human being, not something he was used to. ... He made his way to New York, where he married his fiancé, and changed his name to Douglas at the suggestion of a friend, Nathan Johnson. ... In this narrative, Frederick Douglass establishes himself, not only as a well educated man with coherent philosophies, but he also as a selfless individual faithful to his causes and his people.