Crimes Against Humanity

The books of “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” and “Night” both are the narratives that talk about the personal experiences of the authors themselves. In the book “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”, Frederick Douglass uses the narrative to describe everything that happens in his slavery life until shortly after his escape from slavery. He begins his narrative by placing his birth in Tuckahoe and family background. He is separated from his mother when he is about twelve months. He never knows about his age because his masters have deliberately kept it from him. During his slavery time, Frederick Douglass experiences the harshness of slavery. He is moved from plantation to plantation and always brutally beaten by his masters for no good reason. By accident, he has an opportunity to learn reading and writing. After that, he has his mind about the liberation. He starts to plan to escape. Although his first escape is not successfu...