An American Slave

An American Slave

Introduction

In history there have always been men who threw darts on other mutilators of slavery and there were many who sought to recover the health of freedom. Roman slave in the world, the revolt of Spartacus condensed all desire furious liberation. In the United States slavery, nineteenth century, there was a resounding slave uprising but there were individual actions heroic individuals who dared to face the uncertain adventure of escape from southern plantations. One of these courageous individuals was that of Frederick Douglass (left on image to enlarge). In 1838 he escaped the slave south. They crossed at first a period of great uncertainty. His fear was being caught by a hunter of runaway slaves who returned to their past oppression. That uncertainty ended when antislavery associations gave aid and comfort. He then began intensive work as a lecturer. It's on verb for the release of their brethren in race, made ??a vivid impression on the audiences of white people who are headed. This feeling was intensified by the fact that Douglass, but had learned to read during slavery, had never received a formal education. This surprise was multiplied when, in 1845, he published his Life of an American Slave, Written by himself, is a stunning work of narrative and literary wealth plasticity. Today, the pages of Douglass are one of the leading exponents of the "slave narrative", a genre very popular in the nineteenth century American literature. After five years of its publication the book's sales exceeded 30,000 copies. The impact of the work bestowed Douglass international fame. He lectured in England, Scotland and Ireland, and returned to America in 1847, started as a journalist. He became owner, director and editor on the North Star, Frederick Douglass Weekly, Monthly and the New Douglass national era. Douglass died of a heart attack in 1895 Washington. His body was taken to Rochester, New York, where he was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.

In this new time Temakel forgotten texts, are four significant moments of the memories of Douglass. The name of the headers of this selection does not correspond to the original edition. First, in the whip and the white sails of a dream, Douglass recreates his hellish experience in the plantation of Mr. Edward Covey. This put him through many rounds of brutal beatings and whippings. In this period Douglass watched a series of white-sailed boats in a bay. An image that inspired by one of the most ardent moments of lyricism and exciting your life. In Sunday school, recalls her efforts to teach reading to their oppressed brethren. Classes were held on Sunday and were strictly secret. The slave masters feared the intellectual awakening of his slaves. They knew that reading, thinking and culture, would detest his humiliating condition enslaved. In Fuga and abyss, Douglass recounts the preparation of an escape plan destined to fail. It is shocking that the extensive trace x whirlwind of fears and nightmares that punished the exhaust project participants. Finally, in Towards Freedom, Douglass describes his last days as a slave in Baltimore, under the oppression of Master Hugh. There, the author of this memoir became a caulker, a craft that ...