Douglass went on to write this book where he tells us of these events, which fuelled his quest for freedom, the ultimate goal for every slave. In the beginning of the book we find out several things about Douglass, he was under the care of his first master, Mr. Plummer, as a child he witnessed the brutal whipping of his aunt. "He would whip to make her scream, and whip to make her hush"(18). Douglass promised himself that he would never forget the incident as long as he remembered anything. As a child, the constant beating of his aunt was the first of many heinous acts to which Douglass would be a witness too. Douglass saw that this was the fate of all if not every slave recognising it as the eventual outcome that would befall him he knew he had to escape by any means. Douglass also identifies the first realisation of the dehumanising effects of slavery upon his people with the songs, which the

As Jacobs tells her story it seems that she mostly talks about the

At the age of twelve Douglass got hold of The Colombian Orator, which

offered a bold denunciation of slavery and education on human rights.

the wife of Douglas's next master, despite strong objection from her husband, taught Douglass the fundamentals of reading. Mr. Auld believed that education was unsafe for a slave, and would furthermore make him ill suited as a slave. The prevailing thought was that educated slaves would threaten the control of the master exerted over the slaves thereby lessening their value. It was under the enslavement of Mr.

suffering of females, this is understandable because she being a female can give first hand knowledge of their trials. As Jacobs grew older she became more aware of the gender differences, and what male slaves never endured like a master violating the sexuality of one of his young women slaves. There is one quarrel with her master that might prove that he is waiting for her to reach a desirable age, "I have never allowed you to be punished, I told him he had reasons of his own for screening me from punishment."(140). It was an unjust and undeserving fate to the slaves by which their master could govern all aspects of ones existence. Both Jacobs and Douglass poured their hearts and souls into their personal narratives; they both had almost an equal share of suffering caused by their relations with whites and their families. Although black men suffered a great deal, black women suffered that much more. The similarities are clear both were slaves both were black. True they give different points of view and different instances of the terrible injustice that was done to them. Jacobs it could be said had a rather easy life as far as a slave was concerned she was liked perhaps maybe too much be her master. Although she never says it its hinted that her master want to have sex with her that is something Fred never had to deal with. These two slaves were lucky enough to be some of the very few black who ever met the likes of at least one nice master or mistress, and even mor

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