As a speaker, he was the best. There was no abolitionist, black or white, that was more for his speaking skills." (McFeely, 206) "So impressive were Frederick Douglass oratorical and intellectual abilities that opponents refused to believe that he had been a slave and alleged that he was a impostor brought up on the public by the abolitionists" (Graves, 52 ) Frederick's oratory skills left the largest impact on Civil War time period literature. Douglass's most significant autobiographical works include: Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave: My Bondage And My Freedom: and Life And Times Of Frederick Douglass. These three books are about the same person, and share a similar message, but are written by Frederick at different times of his life, so are in a sense, two different views. In Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass, Douglass used a simple, yet educated way to show how he felt as a slave growing up in Maryland. He describes in the Narrative "I have often been so pinched with hunger as to dispute with old "Nep," the dog, for the crumbs which fell from the kitchen table." (Douglass, 34) Douglass's Narrative was known as being a brief, descriptive (like his statement in the above lines), and easy to read piece of literature. It showed the hardships of slavery as seen by a real slave. "I remember thinking that God was angry with the white people because of their slave holding wickedness, and therefore his judgments were abroad in the land" (Douglass, 89) Douglass became educated through his own means. Knowledge was truly a blessing for Frederick. Without knowledge, he never would have achieved freedom. With knowledge, he realized the importance of freedom. This gave him desire and a goal, but most of all, hope. Without knowledge, he would never have been the man he was when he was free. He could express the problems and the solutions of slavery in a convincing, educated manner.