Come saints and sinners hear me tell how pious priests whip Jack and Nell The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass was published in 1845 by Frederick Douglass The book is his autobiography of his life as a slave Douglasss autobiography depicts the brutality of slavery and the violence to which slaves were subjected to Violence was an everyday occurrence on plantations slaves would be whipped for disobeying orders not working fast enough and some time they were whipped for no reason at al