Similarities Between Frederick Douglass And Booker T Washington

The Declaration of Independence states "We hold these truths to be self-evident,

that all men are created equal, that they endowed by their creator with certain unalienable

rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This declaration is the

perfect guideline to our freedom by our creator showing the deceiving truth about slavery.

Slavery, which has been around for a extreme amount of time, it has been abnormally

controversial through the ages. Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington were born

Into slavery and they give us insight into what the deception of slavery was really like.

Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington are two important historical figures

Who plead the cause of wicked men involved

in slavery. Both of these biographies reveal the
Abusive sickening truth of slavery. Though Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington
Were both born into slavery, Frederick Douglass lived the majority of his life as a slave.
Booker T. Washington was freed as a young boy but live through the prejudice of slavery that
Lingered on.

Frederick Douglass slavery for most of his life, he's a strong self taught man who
Eventually escaped the clinches of these tyrants. Booker T. Washington was set freed after the
The Civil War around the age of six and yet he struggled for true freedom. Seemingly these
Two look decidedly different, but they both share the appalling truth of and those who are ruled
By it as tyrants, abusers and double minded men.

First we see both men ex-implemented courage when faced against these double
Minded men. Frederick Douglass endured a long life of slavery against those who are
deceitful and wretched. These double minded men are cunning in their deceit for evil.
Frederick Douglass states "They would be shocked at the proposition of fellowshipping a
Sheep-stealer, and at the same time they hug to their communion a man-stealer and brand
Me with being infidel, if I find fault with them for it". They regard sheep that is more precious
Than a man. They lead a life as a tyrant in the plantation but as a pronamate man outside of
The plantation.

Booker T. Washington endured a long life of a form of bondage with its continued
Prejudices towards slavery. Even though Booker T. Washington was freed at a young age,
He still experienced the unjust nature of the double minded prejudice. Booker states in his
Autobiography Up From Slavery "I felt that the reconstruction policy, so far as it related to my
Race, it was in a large measure on a false foundation and was artificial and forced. These
Double minded men continued to hold a form of slavery over those who have been set free,
Continuing to try and suppress their education by not allowing them in their schools. Booker
Foresaw this problem and was determined to learn and become a teacher. Both of these men
Wanted justly along those double minded men.

In addition both Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington face the abuse of
Slavery. The abuser does not completely describe Frederick Douglass's slave masters.
Their abuse was inhuman, they split families, treated them like animals, sold them and broke
Their spirits."They'll loudly talk of Christ's reward, and bind his image with a chord, and sell
Their brother in the Lord to handcuffed heavenly union." A part of a poem by Frederick
Douglass in April 28,1845. Frederick Douglass never saw his mother because as soon as he
Turned about twelve months his mother was sent to work at a different plantation. After
Frederick Douglass endowed several beatings, master Thomas sent him to Mr.Convey who
Was a man who, destroys young slaves spirits. These are only a few of the many problems
He has faced.

Booker T. Washington endorsed the abuses such as suppression of needed jobs,
Education, prejudices and breaking of the spirits. These abuses were just a form of continued
Slavery. In Up From Slavery Booker T. Washington quotes,"It seemed to me as I watched
This struggle between members of the two races, that there was no hope for our people in
This country. The "Ku Klux" period was, I think the darkest part of the reconstruction days."
This was a horrific time where men used dark intimidation and mindless violence towards men
Who have already been oppressed through generations. We've seen this war to end slavery
But is far from over.

Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington were strong brave

American men to be admired.

Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington had to face slave tyrants. Frederick

Douglass took great courage against his tyrant slave owners. These slave owners are

Heartless and cruel to the conduct of the slaves. In Frederick Douglass's autobiography

It quotes "They attend with pharisaical strictness to the outward forms of religion, and at

The same time neglect the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy and faith." These

Slave owners prove to be hypocritical tyrants in their beatings, confinements, kidnapping

And muders. Judgment, mercy and faith cannot be found in these men who were only

Seeking money and power.

The tyrants of Booker T. Washington day were cruel heartless men who held on

The idea of slavery. In some ways the tyrants seemed more violent than the slave owners

And the tyrants would brutally intimidate them. Booker T. Washington stated the world

Should not pass judgment and especially the youth, too quickly and too harshly. They were

Being unfair and would judge solely by their color of skin. They continued to battle

obstacles,
Prejudices, beating of people and unjust rulings under the law. Frederick Douglass and
Booker T. Washington overcame these tyrants as men full of courage and character.

Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington's autobiographies gives us valuable
Insight into history and these courageous and inspiring lives they lived. Though they faced
Double minded, abusive tyrants they remained humble and strong men who continued to
Fight for freedom.

This is a reminder to the American people "that all men are created equal, they are
Endowed by their creator. To kidnap a man and make them your slave isn't treating man
Equally. To take a man and hold him against his will and to say it is his God given right yet
God says "yee blind guides woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! The Vile truth
About slavery.