In this passage from "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass", the element of autobiography that is demonstrated in the passage is<em> The recording of events in chronological order. </em>
He was born in Tuckahoe, near Hillsborough, and about twelve miles from Easton, in Talbot County, Maryland. Frederick Douglass was the son of a slave at Great House Farm.
The speaker feels excited, and wants to read books. It describes how they have a yearning in their heart to read, these books that make them feel like they're in another world, and it's all at his fingertips.