... revolt. Slaveholders felt that the less their property knew, the less trouble. It's bad enough to have certain personal privileges taken away, but to also treat a human being like an animal is barbaric. Douglass wrote of certain details about this. First of all, most of the time he was hungry. The slaves barely had anything to eat. Starvation started to set ... to teach himself. Other times, he would think he"d be doing well, and move up in the world, soon to find out he would be divided up as property with farm animal and possessions. Sometimes is a slave did well enough, he would get ...

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... . Slave holders felt that the less their property knew, the less trouble. It's bad enough to have certain personal privileges taken away, but to also treat a human being like an animal is barbaric. Douglass wrote of certain details about this. First of all, most of the time he was hungry. The slaves barely had anything to eat. Starvation started to set ... to teach himself. Other times, he would think he"d be doing well, and move up in the world, soon to find out he would be divided up as property with farm animal and possessions. Sometimes if a slave did well enough, he would get paid f...

• Word Count: 1491
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School