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We find in these last few chapters Douglass moves from master to master. First losing his fire and spark and almost going to a point where he wanted to kill his master and then commit suicide. Douglass is going through more hardship because he lacked as much hardship growing up in Baltimore. He also starts to assume those masters who are more religious tend to treat their slaves worse then those who are less. Douglass also mentions that with all these different things occurring there is a build up for an escape. His first escape fails when he is betrayed and then he is later beaten again my white appretantices at the ship yard because he is taking good work away from them. The story then continues into chapter 11 where Douglass finally escapes to NewYork. After working for a while Douglass starts to feel more comfortable in the community he changes his last name and the beginning of his anti-slavery