- “Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.” ― Frederick Douglass.
After escaping from slavery years ago Frederick Douglass decided to help abolish slavery in all thirteen states that made up the United States of America. Frederick Douglass promoted the idea that slaves or free men/women should attain knowledge in order to better understand their surroundings they could become better people and possibly abolish slavery. These are the reasons why Frederick Douglass should win the Achievements in Rights award.