ELA Blog Post Week of 11/7

For my ELA blog post this week, I'm going to be writing about a part of the book "The Narrative oftbe Life of Frederick Douglass that really interested me but that we never really got to discuss. What I want to discuss is what happened to Douglass after his master found out about his escape plot. Fron what I learned about slavery and about Douglass's masters throughout the book, the punishment he recieved for plotting an escape seemed insanely lenient.  After all, he was planning an escape, which was about the worst thing a slave could do in a master's eyes, and plus, his plan proved he could read and write. another thing that was seen to be strongly opposed by masters. So, to be sent to live in Baltimore with master Hugh seems way less harsh than what I'd predict would have happned to Douglass. Plus, his old master must have explained his plan and the writing it involved  to Hugh, the man who originally tried to stop Douglass's education, and yet, even knowing that, Hugh allowed Douglass a large degree of leniency. All in all, considering his actions in trying to escape slavery the first time, I would have expected Douglass to recieve more punishment than he did.