informed slave has that extra edge. Frederick took advantage of his inch and made the most of it. Using his knowledge, he gave others the same gift. I was not aware of such brutal times slaves had to endure on a daily basis prior to reading the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. I doubt that I would have read it on my own, but am pleased to now that I have. Douglass’ narrative gave me explicit and detailed encounters and experiences that will have me looking at slavery in a completely different, but now informed way. I get upset when I hear certain Afro-Americans complain about how the white man controlled them during the slavery years and we owe them now for what happened over one hundred years ago. Now I am able to understand (to a certain extent) why they are so angry at the white man. I disagree with the slavery issue all together. I wish that it never would have existed, and feel sympathetic that it did. I am glad that we as a nation can grow from such a tragedy and realize that the way those men were treated was nothing but wrong. I don’t care what a man does, nobody deserves to be shot in the face in the middle of a creek for disobeying. Upon completing the reading of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, I have a better understanding of what exactly happened to the slaves in the 1800’s and believe that it is an important reading in American history, as everyone should be informed about this part of America’s past....
