Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

( 1845 ) Commentary by L. Diane Barnes, Youngstown State University

“My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died; the dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man transformed into a brute!” - Paragraph 2
“However long I might remain a slave in form, the day had passed forever when I could be a slave in fact. ” - Paragraph 7

Frederick Douglass (Library of Congress)

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