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Frederick Douglass  was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. Before many of his greatest and well known successes Douglass was a slave. After being brutally beaten and worked to exhaustion by the man he was rented out to as a slave, Frederick Douglass runs back to his "master" to complain and hopefully remedy the situation.Disobeying the head person in charge isn’t good from a slaves perspective. There’s a high chance they may die or suffer horrible consequences. Throughout history there have been many individuals who didn't stay quiet and they did whatever they could to stand up for what they believed in and fought for what was right. Following the rules wouldn't get you to that outcome.There are certain times in life where going above a figure of authority is the right thing to do. Frederick Douglass was one who was brave enough to s.peak up He went to his old master to let him know that he has been brutally beaten. H...