I met Garrison for the first time inAugust of 1841, and he hired me to be an agent for the American Anti-Slavery SOciety. My job was to tour the country and lecture on slavery and sell subcriptions to the LIberator and another newspaper, the Anti-slavery standard. I believed that I had found my purpose in life.I toured the country and many people were moved by my speches, but others found it hard to believe, that someone only 6 years out of eloslavery could speak so quently. So they in turn had a hard time believing my story. My reputation wasa t stake, so during the WInter of 1844 i wrote an autobiography, the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave. It is a sermon on how slavery corrupts the human spirit and robs both master and slave of their freedom. Because my freedom was at jeopardy after publishing my book, I decided to go to England. I made antislavery speeches there, and when i wanted to return home recapture was a frightening possiblity, so 2 of my friends in England raised the money to buy my freedom from my master, Thomas Auld. Back in America in 1817 I was living in ROchester and working in a parto f the Undergroudn Railroad. I continued making speeches and I began publishing the North Star, an abolitonist paper which I edited for 17 years.. The topics which were very important to me, were not only slavery, but women's rights also. After working with Garrison for so long , tension between us began to build because Garrison did not believe that we should get involved in politics, but i realized that that was the only way to make a difference. During this time, in the mid 1850s, I was living in Rochester with my family. Me and Anna had 6 children. I campaigned to end segregation in the Rochester's school system and in 1857 succeeded. In 1852 the leading citizens of Rochester asked me to give a speech as part of their 4th of July celebration. My speech I delivered was a scathing attack...
