Essay About Frederick Douglass And Free State

Educated Slaves
Ozzy WeastMs. Alana CrumpENGL 101-00625 April 2016Essay 3 OutlineEducated Slaves        Being an educated slave was hard as shown in the essay “Learning to Read and Write” by Frederick Douglass and also in the movie “12 Years a Slave” by Solomon Northrup and screenplay by John Ridley.“Learning to Read and Write” by Frederick Douglass“12 Years a Slave” by Solomon Northrup and screenplay by John RidleyBoth had to use the materials that they had near them to write.In A “Learning to Read and Write” by Frederick Douglass it says on page 188 in the last paragraph “ my copybook was the board fence, brick wall, and pavement; my pen and ink was a lump of chalk.”Douglass did not have access to a pen with ink or regular writing papers so he had to use the materials that were around himIn B “12 Years a Slave” by Solomon Northrup and screenplay by John Ridley Northup wrote a letter back to his friends in Saratoga, New York Northup uses a pencil carved from wood, an old store receipt as paper, and blackberry juice heated over a fire as inkHe made the best use that he could with the materials around himBoth were very educated for a black male during the 1800’sIn A Douglass overcame many obstacles while learning to read and write but he never gave up no matter how hard it was Most slaves were illiterate and never learned to read and write but Douglass overcame the oddsNorthup grew up in a free state so it was easier for him to become a literate person with having freedomEven when he was a free man it was still uncommon to see a black male that was literateDouglass and Northup ended their lives as free menIn A Douglass was born into slavery and eventually bought his freedom after many years In B Northup was born a free man in Saratoga, New York but was kidnapped into slaveryEventually his friends brought his free papers so freedom had to be dealt to Northup