During the mid-nineteenth century, slavery was still practiced in most places in America. Frederick Douglass describes slavery according to antebellum African Americans in his “The Slave Narrative.” It centers on the personal experiences of the slave who had escaped slavery and fled to the northern states for safety. Douglass manages to describe his suffering and pain firsthand, when he was a slave, in a very realistic and descriptive way. Emerson, however, does his key work on individuality by emphasizing the importance of thinking for oneself rather than modestly accepting the concepts of others. In most of his literature, he advocates individual involvement and experience over understanding and information obtained from other sources. He expressed the opinion that a person who despises individual intuition and chooses to rely on the opinions of others lacks the innovative power necessary for a strong and bold approach. individuality. He believed that this behavior does not give birth to a new idea but makes a person believe and follow the way someone else has guessed. The two literary passages converge, concluding at a point where they both agree on the characteristic of self-sufficiency. The theme of self-sufficiency can be closely captured in Douglass' real life during his slavery. Although they use different supporting objects, the points Emerson makes about self-reliance can be linked to Douglass's real life during his slavery. The choices were very limited for Douglass to gain the required experience when held in captivity, as described in Emerson's Self-Reliance. During his imprisonment, Frederik Douglass was very limited with his life experiences and... ... middle of paper ......t their audience. Both had similarities and differences in various aspects of social and individual beliefs and style related to that time. Although both Emerson and Douglass spoke on behalf of individuality, Emerson believed in the idea of ​​connecting with God from the soul, while Douglass advocated personal identity, the development of personal goals, and equality for the betterment of society. According to Buccola, Douglass believed that a man must be self-sufficient to have individual initiative within himself. “Rather than seeing self-sufficiency and interconnectedness as antagonistic, he saw them as closely related” (Buccola, 168). Both Emerson and Douglass shared a common vision on the approach to abolish slavery and it was that men should first understand themselves and have personal initiative for the betterment of society by distinguishing itself from bad internal norms..