Read the passage. Abolitionists Speak Out
Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Maryland in approximately
1818. After several unsuccessful attempts, Douglass escaped from
slavery and eventually settled in Massachusetts. In 1845, he wrote his
first autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an
American Slave, which had a profound influence on the movement to
abolish slavery. Harriet Jacobs was born in North Carolina in 1813. Like
Douglass, Jacobs was born into slavery. She eventually escaped and
settled in New York. Also like Douglass, she wrote an autobiography,
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, which revealed the horrors of life
under slavery. Both Douglass and Jacobs went on to become vocal
supporters of the antislavery movement.
What is the main idea of the passage?
The antislavery movement wouldn't have existed without
autobiographies like Frederick Douglass's and Harriet Jacobs's.
Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs both wrote important
autobiographies about their experiences of slavery.
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