What first prompted Douglass to think about running away to the North is this:
He heard two Irishmen say that he deserved freedom.
<h3>Who was Frederick Douglass?</h3>
Frederick Douglass was an African slave who was subjected to years of slavery in America. He longed for freedom because he was unhappy with the sad conditions he faced.
What first prompted his desire to escape was whne he heard the conversation of the Irishmen who said that he did not deserve subjection to slavery.
