Summary Of The Columbia Orator By Frederick Douglass
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Douglass struggles to find a way to escape slavery, bearing much pain, desire, and desperation. His mistress tries “shutting [him] in mental darkness”, but fails to confine his spirit and longing to learn. Reading privately, Douglass manages to read The Columbian Orator and he learns as he quotes, “The moral which I gained from the dialogue was the power of truth over the conscience of even a slaveholder.” With this idea in Douglass’ mind, it gave him hope and something to grasp on to motivate him. To be free, Douglass realizes he must learn to speak and write fluently to encourage emancipation and to help support the cause of the abolitionists. Finding ways to learn how to read and write, Douglass risks the consequences and attempts learning