Through out history people have been treating blacks not as humans but as infidels, which cant distinguishes color as a face but utmost as a subject of work. Fredrick Douglass was a man, which wanted more than to be a slave but a freeman,. He wanted people to look at him as an individual, and take pride in who he is. He relates his power to his past and his owners, which had owned him. Slave's " masters "(or owners) looked at slaves only as help but not humans. Taking their dignity as well as their reason to live, through mental and physical harm. Theses slaves would overcome such anguish threw differ varieties and methods. A different view on slavery would have to be Robert Fogal and Stanley Engerman both historians who wrote the book "Time on the cross". They state that the slaves did have a bad atmosphere, but not as bad as they tell it. They feel that the slaves, which aren't slaves any more, expand and embellish their stories about their owners, to make it look they had it harder than they really did. .
Through mental abuse, slave ship was not a fancy; they were treated and yelled at constantly for doing wrong dwellings as well as right ones. Their masters would force mental apposition to the slaves making them realize that they will never be free and only thing they have in this world is work. " The first call was given, Demby made no response, but stood his ground. The second and third call but as the same as the first there was no result. Mr. Gore then, without consultation or deliberation with any one, not even giving him an additional call, raised his musket to his face, and taking deadly aim at his victim, and then in a poor instant Demby was no more (Douglas 14) ". This quote showed how the master of this slave was showing an example for the other slaves not to disobey his orders or order would be dwelt with. This fear went throughout each slaves mind, brainwashing them to do nothing but good, or get killed.
For example, just when the book starts in the very first chapter Fredrick Douglas talks about his very first experience of seeing someone getting beaten. ... Another thing that shows how bad they treated them, is when in the second or third chapter Fredrick Douglas talks about how if the master caught anybody with tar on them they would beat them horribly for supposedly trying to steal fruit. ...
The first similar characteristic between Maya Angelou and Fredrick Douglas is that both of them were religious. ... The second point is that both Maya Angelou and Fredrick cared about Church. ... The second similar characteristic between Maya Angelou and Fredrick Douglas is that they were both perseverant. ... Fredrick's perseverance allowed him to rebel against Edward and to win a physical confrontation which stopped Edward from trying to beat Fredrick again. ... The first point is both Maya and Fredrick were abolitionists against slavery and Fredrick even became the leader of the abol...
In, "My Bondage and My Freedom-, Fredrick Douglas takes you back into his life long enough for you to gather the pieces of the puzzle that unveils the missing pieces of his future. ... In, Fredrick Douglass case, the weed killer was a book, "Columbian Orator."" ... Fredrick was now breaking through and getting a first look at a different world. ... Fredrick Douglass no doubt had a hard time. ... Fredrick was free. ...
Frederick Douglas has become a free man and that he is saying slavery was wrong to him. ... As the owner of Fredrick Douglas with his time at my plantation, I treated him fairly. ... Fredrick Douglas is the smartest person I have ever seen. ... I have high hopes and dreams for Fredrick, and I am happy he is a free slave. ... No, I did not let Fredrick Douglas escape. ...
Fredrick Douglas was born some were between 1817 and 1818. ... Harriet died when Fredrick was little so Fredrick only has a vague remembrance of her. ... Fredrick was late chosen to live with the Auld's in Baltimore. ... Fredrick did a good job to drag you right in the story. ... Fredrick Douglas brings you the real reality of life as a slave. ...
Fredrick Douglas was born some were between 1817 and 1818. ... Harriet died when Fredrick was little so Fredrick only has a vague remembrance of her. ... Fredrick was late chosen to live with the Auld's in Baltimore. ... Fredrick did a good job to drag you right in the story. ... Fredrick Douglas brings you the real reality of life as a slave. ...
It is this concept that I went on to examine in the piece Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas. ... In Frederick Douglas' narrative, it is unknown whether or not his birth was welcomed. ... Assuming this was true, Douglas was probably both an embarrassment and a property asset to his father. ... This power also became equally clear to Frederick Douglas. ... This was a defining moment in Douglas' career. ...
Average men, such as Abraham Lincoln, Fredrick Douglas, and Walt Disney, put in some hard work and now are remembered as "self-made" men. ... Fredrick Douglas rose from the shackles of slavery to extraordinary success due to his virtue. Douglas did not give up when his master's wife, who had been teaching him the alphabet, was reprimanded for doing so by her husband. ... Douglas also did not give up when was traded to Edward Covey, a man who regularly beat him. ... When it comes to rags and riches, there are no rags worse than those that were given to slaves, but that did not st...
