... . One of the most puzzling issues that Douglass tries to understand is how the whites could justify slavery and the brutality that was encompassed in this institution. In particular, he notes that his Master, Captain Auld, was one Christian who would vocally justify his abuse of slaves with a passage from the Bible that he misconstrued. Douglass writes: "I have said my master ... Christian identity. Douglass is, therefore, strengthened in his fight for freedom because he understands that his true nature through the will of God is to be spiritually, mentally and physically free. In the sa...

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