by Cole

Frederick Douglass was a freedom fighter. He was born a slave in Maryland and the date was 1817. His dad died and his mom was out of sight so he lived with his grandparents. When his Grandma sent him to his Master’s plantation. The Master was very mean. For dinner the slaves only got a piece of cornbread. The Master was too mean and also didn’t let Frederick learn anything. His wife was very nice and tried to teach him to read and write.

Frederick fought with his Master to help all of the slaves get away. He fought with his fist against him. The Master used his whip. Fredrick Douglass believed in civil rights and helped people get out of slavery and gave freedom to all. When he was older he was a pastor and went to church. When he was a slave he could not go to church.

I had questions about Frederick Douglass while I read this book. What did he eat? Did he have a job? Did he break free? Did he see his mother again? Did he get to know his dad very well? Did he work? I can answer those questions. He ate one piece of corn bread a day. Yes, he did have a job. Yes, he did break free. He did see his mother again. He didn’t get to know his dad. Other facts I learned about Frederick Douglass are:

1. He was a freedom fighter.
2. He worked for civil rights.
3. He was a pastor.
4. He led people to the path of liberty.
5. He helped milk the cows.
6. Because he was a slave he was only given knee length shirts.
7. Slaves had to wake up before sunrise.
8. Once Fred had a surprise visitor…Mom his mom gave him a Ginger cake because he didn’t get anything not one crumb for dinner so that’s why he got the ginger cake.
9. From than on Fred knew that his mom loved him and was always thinking about him.
10. People were holding signs like freedom for slaves and abolish slavery and more like free slavery.

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