Frederick Douglas was born and raised a slave. He had no other life in his youth. The harsh conditions of the institution forced Frederick to crawl into a bag at night and sleep on the cold ground with his head in the bag and his feet outside of it. This form of sleeping led his feet to be cracked with frost so badly that one could stick a pen into the gashes. Douglas and the other slaves were n

This did not last long in deed for in a few months, Douglas' non-slave like characteristics would arise again. Covey would go to whip him (Douglas had avoided his whippings by running away and hiding). Douglas refused to be whipped. This caused a fight between the two that would result in a stand off. This allowed Douglas to be free of whippings from Mr. Covey. No word was ever spoken of this incident for if word did get out then Covey would not have any more slaves to break. His reputation as a nigger breaker was one that he held dear and did not want to lose. Douglas proved himself to be brave. Brave enough to stand up to a man that was know for his cruelty. The battle revived Douglas thoughts of freedom and it became that turning point in his career as a slave. It revived his sense of manhood.

ot fed a regular allowance of food. Him and the other children were called and eat coarse corn meal from a large wooden tray that was put on the ground. The children would be forced to eat like pigs gathered around left over mush.

Among the slaves, there were few who one could point out to be men for they lacked the intelligence, determination and bravery. Douglas was able to open his eyes and see that this life was not right. He viewed slavery as the greatest evil of his time. His successful escape proved him to be the man that a slaveholder could never keep.

Douglas was determined to live a free life. He tried to escape from bondage not once, but twice. After betrayal the first time, Douglas was sent to the city once again to live with the Auld family. Douglas picked up a trade and worked to gain wages. He devised a plan where he would contract his time and would pay Mr. Auld six dollar

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