Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass

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of Frederick Douglass� and that despite numerous oppressions in slavery, they have a human spirit so strong and steadfast that no power could crush it. It is also to be understand that it was slavery that darkened the mind, crippled the intellects, debase their moral nature and �obliterate all traces of their relationship to mankind� and not because the slaves of African descent were intellectually impaired. Mr. Oconnell stated before the Loyal National Repeal Association in 1845, that �NO matter under what specious term it may disguise itself, slavery is still hideous. It has a natural, an inevitable tendency to brutalize every noble faculty of man.�
In Frederick Douglass� autobiography, he related his experiences in a plain style, showing us through eloquent expression the power of the indomitable human spirit. It is entirely his own production and in his own style. It is highly creditable considering that he had self-educated himself and how dark his life as a slave. His ...

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