He also tells elaborate stories of how other slaves (even his own family members) were mistreated. ... People of all races considered Frederick Douglass to be a very persuasive spokesperson, with his vivid, insightful, and detailed stories of his great escape, he could make anyone in his audience feel as if they had been there during each incident. ... It seems that Frederick Douglass was accused of not having a position towards the Compromise of 1877 and he is quoted calling himself, " an uneasy Republican," (Meier 29). ...

• Word Count: 2927
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Harriet Jacobs, who is credited as the first woman black woman to write an autobiography, told her story of hardship and freedom in hopes it could change the world. ... Post became a close friend of Jacob encouraging her to write her story despite her understandable reluctance to reveal her painful, private life to the public. ... It was not until her grandmother's, Molly Horniblow, passing in 1853 that Harriet began to write her story. ... There is a quote I read from her autobiography and it really stuck with me. ... Her story was a powerful one. ...

• Word Count: 2508
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Her husband had told her all the repugnant details of the Middle Passage and together they toured the countries spreading her Husband Olaudah Equino's story. ... She told these stories to whom she thought it concerned most, white-middle class men and woman who were completely oblivious to the Slave trade and what it entailed. ... This quote means that although they require no wages they will be very poorly motivated as they are working for nothing. ...

• Word Count: 2600
• Approx Pages: 10