How Frederick Douglass was revolutionary to abolitionism.
This picture depicts the life Frederick once had as a slave. For the first half of his life, he spend most of it outside working on the plantations.
Revolution:
- Frederick Douglass, as a black man, belied the impression of ignorance often associated with slaves.
- Most slaves were illiterate and consequently viewed as ignorant.
- Frederick Douglass through education and reading overcame most arguments by aggressive defenders of the institution of slavery.
- Frederick Douglass' slave experience offered a unique perspective. He understood slavery from both perspectives; Firstly, as a slave, and secondly as a reader of history.
- “I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted" http://thinkexist.com/quotes/frederick_douglass/3.html
- Most abolitionist were white, and although they knew slavery was gruesome and fought for the end of it, they could not truely understand just how awful slavery was than someone who had lived through it, Like Douglass.
The slaves depicted in this image here were forbidden to learn how to read and write, just as Frederick was.
