Released on: 2, July 2007
, Author: Rosemary McKittrick
, Audience: Internet related
July 2, 2007Â Frederick Douglass was hired to tell the story ofhis own bondage. As he stepped up to the platform and began to speak his voicetrembled.
In a few moments the trembling stopped and Douglass spoke from the heart about thelife of a Black field hand in America prior to the Civil War.
He spoke about back-breaking long hours in the fields, meals eaten out of a trough,whippings and humiliation.
 Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had theadvantage of being the first one out, he said.
Douglass didnÂ't realize it then, but he would spend the rest of his life speakingfor the rights of Black people and the end of slavery in the United States.
He spoke so eloquently rumors spread that he had never actually been a slave. Heconfronted the gossip head on with a life-altering decision.
Knowing full well he might be kidnapped and forced back into slavery, Douglasspublished his first autobiography in 1845, Â Narrative of the Life of FrederickDouglass, an American Slave.Â
In the book he described his experiences and even named his master.
A two-page, signed letter Douglass also wrote to Anna Richardson talking about herongoing efforts to purchase his freedom surfaced at auction recently. The lettersold on Feb. 27, 2007, in Swann Galleries, New York, Printed & ManuscriptAfrican-American auction.
 I shall sail to America on the fourth of November and hope to meet the beloved oneof my heart by the 20th of that month, Douglass writes.
 Do not allow this arrangement (to) interfere in any way with your correspondencewith my owner as whether you succeed or fail good may come of the effort.Â
The historically important document brought $31,200.
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