1. FREDERICK DOUGLASS

2. Biography Born February 1818 and named Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey Born a slave His mother died in 1825, when Douglass was 7 As a child he witnessed the brutality of slavery Soon after went to live with a ship carpenter in Baltimore where he learned to read At the age of 15 he was bought by a brutal slaveowner He planned an escape but was arrested and sent to jail Two years later while working in a shipyard in Baltimore Douglass fled to New York He changed his name to Frederick Douglass and fought slavery He was very popular and one of the most influential abolitionists of the era

3. Style Uses a lot of strong, descriptive words "...the mere hearing of these songs would do more to impress truly spiritual minded men and women with the soul- crushing and death- dwelling character of slavery..."

4. Style (cont.) Reoccurrence of God and religion "Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and prayer to God for deliverance from chains." Uses metaphors "...they were tones, loud, long and deep, breathing the prayer and complaint of souls boiling over with the bitterest anguish."

5. Noted Novels/Stories Three autobiographies - A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845) - By Bondage and My Freedom (1855) - Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881)

6. Themes/ Issues Freedom/ antislavery/ inequality "Those songs still follow me, to deepen my hatred of slavery, and quicken my sympathies for my brethren in bonds."

7. Bibliography "Douglass, "Heroic Slave"" Academic and Event Technology Services. Web. 13 Oct. 2011.. "Frederick Douglass - Biography and Works. Search Texts, Read Online. Discuss." The Literature Network: Online Classic Literature, Poems, and Quotes. Essays & Summaries. Web. 13 Oct. 2011.. "Frederick Douglass." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. Web. 13 Oct. 2011.. "Frederick Douglass." PBS: Public Broadcasting Station. Web. 13 Oct. 2011.. "Narrative of the Life of Frederick... - Frederick Douglass." Google Books. Web. 13 Oct. 2011..