How Did Frederick Douglass Escape Slavery

Frederick Douglass was born into slavery and later became a free man. Anne Moody was a young black girl growing up in racist Mississippi. Both faced the prejudice of their time regarding the color of their skin. These two became leaders resisting discrimination by fighting back those who tried to constrain them. Time and time again, they laid their lives on the line. They did everything that they could to educate themselves and others even though it was immensely frowned upon by society. Frederick Douglass and Anne Moody were determined to fight slavery and racism and were willing to put everything they worked to achieve and their own lives in jeopardy by educating others and spreading awareness.
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In Douglass’ second attempt at escaping slavery, he explained, “The wretchedness of slavery, and the blessedness of freedom, were petually before me. It was life and death with me. But I remained firm, and, according to my resolution, on the third day of September, 1838, I left my chains and succeeded in reaching New York” (Douglass 112). Running away posed the threat of getting caught and being rigorously punished but he was willing to take the risk if it meant he could be free. After Moody and the other activists at the Woolworth sit-in were escorted out of the store because the angry mob got too violent, she contemplated, “All I could think of was how sick Mississippi whites were. They believed so much in the segregated Southern way of life, they would kill to preserve it. I … thought of how many times they had killed when this way of life was threatened. I knew that the killing had just begun” (Moody 290). She was always aware of the killings that were the result of racism and she understood that by being a part of the sit-in, her life would be endangered. Still, she did not back down. Another key element of resistance and rebellion is