Bernier, Celeste-Marie. “His Complete History? Revisioning, Recreating and Reimagining Multiple Lives in Frederick Douglass’ Life and Time (1881, 1892.)” Slavery & Abolition 33.4 (2012): 595-610. Web. 28 Oct. 2015. This journal explains more about Fredrick Douglass’ books and writings about slavery, abolition, and his life struggles. It takes passages from his books and gives descriptions, examples and explains what Douglass’ mindset was, or could have been, at the time he wrote his stories.
This would not be a good source to use for a detailed research paper on Fredrick Douglass’ life and his fight to become a free man; however, it would be good for an interpretational paper on his life. “I have Written out my experience here, not to exhibit my wounds and bruises to awaken and attract sympathy to myself personally, but as a part of the history of a profoundly interesting period in American life and progress.” (Frederick 605) Douglass, Frederick. “From Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave” A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers. Ed. Lee A. Jacobus. 9th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s. 2013. Print. Frederick Douglass narrates giving details of his life from the beginning to end. The narrative shows everything from Douglass struggling being a slave to becoming a free man. Despite all the things he had to go through, Douglass kept on going and now is a famous historical figure. This source would help show the injustice of slavery and how terrible they were treated. …show more content…
The source could also show how with hard work and determination and individual can reach their goals and have the life they want.
“I looked forward to a time at which it would be safe for me to escape. I was too young to think of doing so immediately; besides, I wished to learn how to write, as I might have occasion to write my own pass.” (Frederick 335)
Douglass, Frederick, and James McCune Smith. My Bondage and My Freedom. [Waiheke Island]: The Floating Press, 2009. Web. 29 Oct. 2015. My Bondage and My Freedom is the second autobiographical written by Douglass. This book explains in more detail his transition from slave to a free man. Douglass describes his life on the plantation in Maryland, how cruel his master was, and how he escapes. He tells about how he traveled and the feeling of being a free man. This book would help prove the injustice of slavery by giving a more detailed account of what Douglass had to endure to help prove the point. “I have never placed my opposition to slavery on a basis so narrow as my own enslavement, but rather upon the indestructible and unchangeable laws of human nature, ever one of which is perpetually and flagrantly violated by the slave system.” (Fredrick 9) Ellis, Cristin. …show more content…
"Amoral Abolitionism: Frederick Douglass and the Environmental Case against Slavery." American Literature 86.2 (2014): 275-¬303. Web. 5 Nov. 2015. This journal criticizes the book “My Bondage and My Freedom.” It concentrates on the environmentalist abolitionism and the environmental aspects of slavery in the Southern States and its impacts it had. I would not use this source within my paper; however, it could be helpful for someone writing a paper which focused on the impacts of slavery on the environment. “If the landscapes of My Bondage therefore seem to forego pastoral nostalgia in order to highlight the urgent economic and ecological hazards of slavery, then the question remains why Douglass would choose to embrace this morally
This would not be a good source to use for a detailed research paper on Fredrick Douglass’ life and his fight to become a free man; however, it would be good for an interpretational paper on his life. “I have Written out my experience here, not to exhibit my wounds and bruises to awaken and attract sympathy to myself personally, but as a part of the history of a profoundly interesting period in American life and progress.” (Frederick 605) Douglass, Frederick. “From Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave” A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers. Ed. Lee A. Jacobus. 9th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s. 2013. Print. Frederick Douglass narrates giving details of his life from the beginning to end. The narrative shows everything from Douglass struggling being a slave to becoming a free man. Despite all the things he had to go through, Douglass kept on going and now is a famous historical figure. This source would help show the injustice of slavery and how terrible they were treated. …show more content…
The source could also show how with hard work and determination and individual can reach their goals and have the life they want.
“I looked forward to a time at which it would be safe for me to escape. I was too young to think of doing so immediately; besides, I wished to learn how to write, as I might have occasion to write my own pass.” (Frederick 335)
Douglass, Frederick, and James McCune Smith. My Bondage and My Freedom. [Waiheke Island]: The Floating Press, 2009. Web. 29 Oct. 2015. My Bondage and My Freedom is the second autobiographical written by Douglass. This book explains in more detail his transition from slave to a free man. Douglass describes his life on the plantation in Maryland, how cruel his master was, and how he escapes. He tells about how he traveled and the feeling of being a free man. This book would help prove the injustice of slavery by giving a more detailed account of what Douglass had to endure to help prove the point. “I have never placed my opposition to slavery on a basis so narrow as my own enslavement, but rather upon the indestructible and unchangeable laws of human nature, ever one of which is perpetually and flagrantly violated by the slave system.” (Fredrick 9) Ellis, Cristin. …show more content…
"Amoral Abolitionism: Frederick Douglass and the Environmental Case against Slavery." American Literature 86.2 (2014): 275-¬303. Web. 5 Nov. 2015. This journal criticizes the book “My Bondage and My Freedom.” It concentrates on the environmentalist abolitionism and the environmental aspects of slavery in the Southern States and its impacts it had. I would not use this source within my paper; however, it could be helpful for someone writing a paper which focused on the impacts of slavery on the environment. “If the landscapes of My Bondage therefore seem to forego pastoral nostalgia in order to highlight the urgent economic and ecological hazards of slavery, then the question remains why Douglass would choose to embrace this morally