Frederick Douglass

 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is another slave biography. Unlike Equino, Douglass was born a slave. He has no recollection of his age, birthday, or even family members. He was also born as a mulatto, which implies that his father was a white man, and its even rumored that his master was his dad. Douglass was lucky enough to be born further north where slavery was not as harsh as it was down south, yet he still witnessed many horrific whippings that have scared him for life. At a young age, Frederick was sold to a man that wanted him to watch over his own son of around the same age. I do not have any kids of my own. but I cannot imagine leaving my child in the care of another child. Yet, this household is where Douglass got his first taste of education. It is a common saying that "If you give someone an inch, they will take a mile," and this is the case with Douglass. Once he dipped his foot in the water of knowledge, he wanted to go swimming. He just couldn't get enough of learning. His longing to become free motivated him to keep learning. He would trick other kids into teaching him letters, and would chose to read on his own time when no one else was home. His perseverance paid off, because eventually Frederick Douglass escaped and became a free man. Without his education, Douglass would have been another ignorant slave that would have been a "slave for life." Douglass realized that becoming educated would remove the chains of ignorance that slavery provided. His education also served him well after he became a free man, because many slaves that escaped became indentured servants, which is equivalent to debtors prison. This in itself is a form of slavery because once in prison it is impossible to make money, which makes it impossible to ever pay back the debt.
 http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/the-return-of-debtors-prisons/ 

This blog demonstrates how debtors prison is like a never ending slavery. Moral of the story...don't buy something if you can't pay for it, because a lifetime of debt is not worth any object.