onic that when I finally got my first taste of freedom I had to be deceptive in sneaking away from my owner, just as the writers of the Constitution were deceptive in their definition of “man”. Once I escaped from slavery I was surprised to find that the north was also a very racist place. Not only did the majority of northern whites still feel that blacks were inferior, New York was full of people looking to turn in fugitive slaves. “Watch out, another fugitive slave told Frederick. Trust no one. For just a little money the people in New York will betray you.” I also found that my abolitionist friends were not free from this prejudice. At gatherings they often asked me to tell the same stories about when I was a slave, instead of letting me express my opinions on slavery. Some even went so far as to tell me to talk more like a slave so the audience could get the full effect. So, though I had finally escaped to a free state, I was still unable to fully pursue the happiness that is such an essential part of the American dream. The final and more specific part of the American Dream is the right to have equal opportunity to move up in the world. This can be looked at as ones ability and opportunity to make an upward move dealing with their life. This idea comes back to the idea that, if someone is willing to work hard enough, they can achieve anything in America. One can work hard achieve something good in many different aspects of life. It does not always have to be looked upon as only personal goal. This shows the one part of the American Dream I was able to achieve. Once I had been in the abolitionist movement for a while, I became very active in writing for the anti-slavery newspaper, The “Liberator”. Though I was writing, and traveling around to do speeches with abolitionists, I was beginning to have different views than the people I was with. Instead of just going along with the flow, I had an id...
