His journey to freedom and redemption could only be accomplished alone. To get to where Fredrick is, he must have been able to think deeply, consciously, and wholeheartedly. This is because one false move could have gotten him beaten or even killed. In his journey Fredrick shows us that his better understanding of Christianity helps him in his fight for freedom. Fredrick wrote, “I prayed for twenty years but got no answer until I prayed on my own two feet” (“Category Archive: BR Ambedkar Quotes.”). Douglass is telling us that until we go out and get our understanding, we will always be blind to what is right in front of us. He is saying that we can pray all we want for change, but until we help ourselves, God will not help you. I don't think he found new faith, but I know he found knowledge. What the slave masters told the slaves was not a lie, but was written for different times, the Bible was always meant to be transcribed and interpreted. For thousands of years there have been many transcriptions and modifications to the words of God, for example, in the last thousand years alone there have been three different transcriptions, The New Testament, Homer and also Sophocles. For a person not to seek their own interpretation of the book of the Lord is