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 How
would you feel if you lived your whole life as a slave? Long ago, Africans
were slaves for Americans. They had to live their miserable lives,
treated like animals. Slavery
was practiced between the 17th and 19th centuries. To end this unfair
and brutal practice, one man
took action and made history. Let me introduce Frederick Douglass,
who devoted his life to fight for freedom.
Frederick Douglass, whose original name was Frederick Augustus Washington
Bailey, was born to be a slave in 1818. When he was eight years old,
he was sent to the house of his master’s relative. Douglass
had a life-changing experience
there. While there, his master’s wife taught him how to read. Even
though the master stopped her from teaching him, Douglass realized
that learning is “a pathway from slavery to freedom.” Douglass continued to learn letters
on his own, and finally could read and write.
 In
1833, when he returned to his previous master, he witnessed
the miserable lives of slaves again. They were starved, and exhausted by
constant work. They were even whipped by a person called
a “slave-breaker.” Frustrated, Douglass eventually tried to escape,
but failed.
In 1838, he tried a second attempt to escape, and finally
succeeded. Afterwards, he started speeches for the Abolition Movement, and his
name became well known as a brilliant speaker. He also published his
first autobiography titled Narrative
of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave미국인 노예 프레더릭 더글라스의
삶의 이야기. This book created a great sensation, and had a huge influence
on not only American society, but on the whole world.
 As an abolitionist, he continued
his sincere efforts to get rid
of slavery. In 1863, slavery was finally ended by President Abraham
Lincoln. In 1895, one year after giving his last speech denouncing the death penalty
in America, Frederick Douglass passed away from a heart attack.
The world will always remember this great speaker and leader who fought
for justice. |
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