Throughout the past, oppression has been a part of Human relations, from the treatment of siblings to the enslavement of an entire race of people, to everything in between. This is empirically proven through the non-fictional autobiographies of two men; Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglass, both of which tell about the oppression of their time, due to several factors. These two people had quite an interesting perspective on the tragic institution of 'Oppression,' Frederick Douglass being a former slave who escaped to freedom, and Benjamin Franklin being a young white man from a slightly abusive family who struggled, and finally made it out on his own. So, by comparing and contrasting these two great figures of American thought and reason, I will talk about oppression throughout the history of America. So, despite the differences in the family life of the two men, their obvious racial differences, and the lack of real-life education that both of these men both suffered through, they each suffered through oppression.

First off, I am going to talk about the family lives of the two men, starting with Frederick Douglass, then moving on to Benjamin Franklin. T

The oppression factor, which I am going to talk about now, is one of race. Most people do not view being a 'white' man, during the colonial times as oppressive, but I am fairly sure that Benjamin Franklin thought so, "an thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance." (91) , this is evidence to the fact that 'white' men had to cut a certain kind of figure, look a certain way, and conform with society in order to be accepted. This is a form of oppression, as it limits one's ability to be their own person, which is one of the worst forms of oppression in the history of mankind. Next, lets look to Douglass, a mulatto slave who's father was most likely his master, this in itself brought on it's own oppressions outside of the usual ones that accompany slavery. "The master is frequently compelled to sell this class of his slaves, out of deference to the feelings of his white wife; and, cruel as the deed mat strike any one to be, for a man to sell his own children to human flesh-mongers, it is often the dictate of humanity for him to do so" (23) , this supports the idea that they mulatto slaves were treated much worse than the full African American ones, showing that they are sold more often than not, as opposed to being able to live on the farm with those whom they grew up with at least for a few years. Now that I have spoken on the racial oppressions that reared their ugly heads during Franklin and Douglass' time periods, I will move on to the lack of real-life education.

First, I am going to go back over the oppression of their family lives, Franklin with his abusive brother, and Douglass with his lack of parental emotion, as well as a lack of emotion for those who might or might not be his brother and sisters. Both were subjects of oppression during their lives do to that, as well as the racial oppressions. Remember that Franklin, as a 'white man' was forced to put forth a certain image, and hold a certain amount of respectability when it came to how he a

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