Essay On The Life Of Frederick Douglass

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that was customary for all slaveholders to take part of. Since the slaves did not know their birthday, they were more easily treated like cattle or other property of the plantation, which was the objective of the slaveholders. The slaveholders felt that the more ignorant and little minded that slaves were, then the more effective they would be in the fields. This example of depriving the slaves of their natural right as humans to know their date of birth was just the beginning of the many examples that Frederick Douglass used to show reasons for the abolishment of slavery.
Douglass’ mother, slave Harriet Bailey, was immediately separated from him while he was still an infant. Frederick’s father was said to be a white man, but throughout the entire narrative, Douglass does not positively confirm it. He does this probably for the fact that if he does not acknowledge that his father was white, then he is not forced into thinking his mother was most likely raped by a ...

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master was seen to be a man of great power and not to be taken lightly. This was exactly what the master wanted, a form of mental control over the youngest of the slaves that would last a lifetime.
A fact from the narrative that was unexpected was that there was discrimination between slaves from different plantations concerning the wealth of their masters. This information was proof that the slaves were kept as ignorant as possible by their masters so that they would never figure out the true evilness of slavery. The slaves were so terribly in the dark that they did not feel a need to unite with every other black person in their position, so they felt that they could be able to ...

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