Finally escaped, Douglass is surrounded by excitement and joy. His exceptional description of what it feels like to be free makes the reader feel that excitement and understand how relieving it was to leave slavery. After getting the help of some kind people, he begins to sort out his life as a free man. This marks a permanent point of prosperity for Douglass, as his life will only improve after he is free from slavery. The narrative ends with his attendance at an antislavery meeting where he “never felt happier” (69 Douglass). Although this is at the end of the book, this represents the turning point in Douglass's vision of change. He finally saw people who saw black people as nothing more than cattle, but as people who did not deserve to be slaves to their white masters, who suddenly found themselves immersed in people who recognized the horror of slavery and who were proactive in implementation of change. Douglass would be overwhelmed by the hope that slavery would no longer be perpetual