His journey to freedom and redemption could only have been made alone. To get to where Fredrick is, he must have been able to think deeply, consciously, and whole-heartedly. Indeed, one false move could have caused him to be beaten or even killed. During his journey, Fredrick shows us that his greater understanding of Christianity helps him in his fight for freedom. Fredrick wrote, “I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs” (“Category Archives: BR Ambedkar Quotes.”). Douglass tells us that until we can understand for ourselves, we will always remain blind to what is right in front of us. He says we can pray all the prayers we want for change, but until you help yourself, God won't help you. I don't think he found a new faith, but I know he found knowledge. What the slave masters told the slaves was not a lie, but it was written for a different time, the Bible was still meant to be transcribed and interpreted. Over thousands of years, there have been numerous transcriptions and modifications of God's words. For example, over the last thousand years there have been three different transcriptions, The New Testament, Homer and also Sophocles. For a person not to seek his own interpretation of the Book of the Lord is