After reading a lot of these stories about all of these remarkable people, i still go back to the person's story that i find most interesting, Frederick Douglas. Douglas was a man of great character and someone who was determined to be free. Other people like Victor Sejour, Harriet Jacobs, and William Wells Brown also achieved so much in their lives and have made something of themselves, but the story that keeps popping back into my head is the one about Douglas. In his earlier years as a slave, he was not treated well, especially by Mr. Covey. He was constantly beaten even when the tasks he had to do were not that simple. I am currently talking about Frederick Douglas in my FYS and the things we talk about are somewhat on the same lines. The part in his life that we keep bringing up is the fight he had with Mr. Covey. First of all, reading about this fight was very surprising because i did not think that slaves and their masters would get into a physical fight ever. I would have thought if that had happened, the master probably would have killed the slave. Surprising instead, Mr. Covey basically left Douglas alone and never laid a hand on him again. This also is an important part in his life because it is basically the turning point in his life. From this point on, Douglas became a new man. He was more bold and had new goals set in his life. His main goal was to get his freedom. So after that point, Douglas found a way to escape which ended up leading to him giving his speech in Nantucket.