Each document pointed out that the church had "shamelessly given the sanction of religion and the Bible to the whole slave system- (Douglass) and "taught that man may, properly, be a slave; that the relation of master and slave is ordained of God- (Douglass). Walker also accuses the church of leading people to believe "that heaven [had] designed [blacks and their children] to be slaves and beasts of burden to them and their children- (Walker). The two men shared a common view that in the eyes of God slavery was an abomination. Another shared view was the hypocrisy of our governmental values which we as Americans hold so dearly.
The American government was founded on the principles of freedom and the belief that every man has his own inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Our "Declaration of Independence- states that "All men are created equal."" Both of Walker and Douglass were quick to look right through these empty statements and point out that in America all men are not "created equal."" "Compare your own language , extracted from your Declaration of Independence, with your cruelties and murders inflicted by your cruel and unmerciful fathers and yourselves on our fathers and on us--men who have never given your fathers or you the least provocation!!!!!!- (Walker). .
Reading through both of these pieces the words tyranny and oppression come up many times. These were common feelings among abolitionists. Often in these pieces the authors make use of irony to say that this is taking place in "tyrant-killing, king-hating, people-loving, democratic, Christian America- (Douglass). This point is illustrated in Douglass rhetorical question, "Now, Americans! I ask you candidly, was your sufferings under Great Britain, one hundredth part as cruel and tyranical as you have rendered ours under you- (Douglass)? These two pieces are much alike but there are a few differences.
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