My Bondage and My freedom
Frederick Douglass believed that slavery did just as much harm to those in charge as it did to the slaves. In a system where the slaves underwent beatings, constant verbal abuse and were left in the overbearing shadow of ignorance, Douglass’s statement is certainly a strong one. Douglass’s statement is a strong one because at first there does not appear to be much support for it. However, when the slave owner’s lack of reason and control is looked at a case can begin in favor of Douglass. The Southern slave owner’s lack of reason and control cause them to fall short in economics, politics, interactions with non-slave owners and interactions between other slave owners. When all of that is looked at one can see that Douglass’s statement has very strong support. In Douglass’s novel My Bondage and My Freedom he states: The slaveholder, as well as the slave, is the victim of the slave system. A man’s character greatly takes its hue and shape from the form and color of things about him. Under the whole heavens there is no relation more unfavorable to the development of honorable character, than that sustained by the slaveholder to the slave (80).
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Approximate Word count = 2070
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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