Many Americans thought in their mind that slavery was ok before the civil war. People’s opinion on slavery changed After the civil war. Slavery split the Nation and made many americans change their on who deserved freedom and who did not. Several books written by different former slaves wrote about how life was during their time as a slave. Books written by former slaves all have the same experience with bad slave owners. The civil war brought the country together and helped Americans realize that everyone deserves freedom. One past slave named Frederick Douglass had a book at the age of 12 had a book called “The Columbian orator ” and every time he had an opportunity he use it to read. Even though he was a slave he was still able to
