Valentine’s day is believed to have originated from a combination of ancient Roman and Christian traditions. There is a close association with an old Roman festival called Lupercalia, commemorated from February 13th to 15th.

This boldness  not only enabled him to read and write, which was forbidden for slaves during that time, but also empowered him to become a powerful tool against slavery. The will power it took for Douglass  to liberate himself by escaping to freedom in 1838 to the North,  was later harnessed to ignite a fervent abolitionist movement that swept across the nation.