FredrickFrederick Douglass’ experiences shaped him into the individual and advocate he became, by showing him the truth of enslavement, and how it actually feelsfelt to be an enslaved person. FredrickFrederick Douglass was an escaped enslaved person, and he would getreceived a small bit of education from his master's wife, she would teachwho taught him how to read, the ABCs, and how to write. He became such a good orator that people ended up not believing that he washad been an enslaved person, he. He also eventually meetmet with Abraham Lincoln, and FredrickDouglass started the first fully black battalion. For example, in the text, it states, “I have often been awakened at the dawn of day by the most heart-rending shrieks of an own aunt of mine whom he used to tie up to a joist, and whip upon her naked back till she was literally covered with blood.” This evidence shows that he experienced the truth of enslaveryslavery. Another example is that in the text it states, “I have known him to cut and slash the women’s heads so horribly, that even master would be enraged at his cruelty.” FredrickFrederick Douglass would recognize people by how brutally they would whipwhipped the enslaved people, and that is not something that people would remember people by. These are examples of how Fredrick Douglass'sFrederick Douglass' experiences shaped him to become the individual and advocate that he is today.