1. Crevecoeur .vs. Douglass: Slavery .vs. Freedom in America
On the other hand, Frederick Douglass was born in the United States, but was confined to be a lowly life form other than a human; seen only as an animal used for work, he experienced life from a different perspective. ... Since slaves were actually qualified as lowly and not quite human, the legal system judged them as less credible than their masters. ... Even if the master decided in the slaves favor, he treated these incidents as crimes against his property rather than violations of human rights. ... He then traveled to Canada, served for a while with the French in their war against the ...
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