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Frederick Douglass Passage Commentary Frederick Douglass writes an autobiographical account of his experience escaping from slavery in the American South in 1838. His dense style mirrors the intensity of the experience. Although the escape is briefly accounted, Douglass focuses on the feeling he had being a free man. The haunting images of being the prey of powerful hunters predominate in this piece and are accentuated by stylistic devices and sound. Douglass' tone seems bitter as he surrounds his chosen motto of "Trust no man!" with emotional and heart-rending images of his life as a free man. Douglass uses a series of figurative images to portray his life as a free man. He begins with a simile in lines 14-16, comparing his escape to that of an "unarmed mariner" being rescued by a friendly ship from pirates. The analogy of himself to a sailor who has not the means to...

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