Comparing The Poetry Of Frederick Douglas And Robert Hayden

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Douglass, Hayden, and Troupe were all against slavery. The three of them went through slavery, but they were brave enough to fight back. The three authors wanted to be free and equality just like white men. They were all authors of the stories that talked about slavery. Frederick Douglass was a man that knew that slavery was wrong. He was against slavery. Douglas was born on a plantation in Maryland. He began to work when he was only eight years old. Because he began to work, he couldn't go to school. Since he did not go to school, he couldn't read. Mrs. Auld, Douglass "owner," decided to teach him how to read. She began to teach him how to read. The lessons did not last long when Mr Auld, the husband, found out and demanded Mrs. Auld to stop teaching him how to read. Douglass never gave up at that moment. He knew that if he could read, he would be able to do something important, like fighting for the slaves. Douglass decided to ask his white friends to teach him how to read in exchange of him giving him some food. At the age of twenty, Douglass was able to escape. When he successfully escaped, he decided to change his last name. He decided this decision to avoid being …show more content…
The poetry he created was very elegant and well done. Hayden was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1913. Hayden was aware of the slavery that was happening at that time. He began to write poetry concerning the African American slaves at that time. Most of his poems concerned the history of African Americans. In the year 1976, Hayden's was the first African American poet to be consulted in the library of congress. Hayden looked up to Douglas. In the lines, "...this Douglass, this former slave, this Negro beaten to his knees, exiled, visioning a world where none is lonely, none is haunted, alien, this man superb in love and logic, this man shall be remembered." We can see how he describes Douglass as a man that was brave, loving, and
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