Bishnu Karki
Prof. Dr. R. Pettengill
HIST 1301
Sept 19, 2017
In My Bondage and My Freedom, Frederick Douglass argues that slavery was an institution that “victimized” everyone – slaves, slave holders, and non-slave holding whites alike. How can he make such a claim considering the brutality of slavery?
In the book my bondage and freedom, Frederick Douglas argues that slavery was an institution that was very cruel and victimized everyone in the society including the slave, slave owner and even non-slave holder. Douglas argues boldly that slavery had affected everyone. “Slavery was brutal experience, from the initial capture in Africa, to the Middle Passage, to a degrading life of labor in America.” (Yazawa, 59) The slave’s human right was …show more content…
Slave owner were also victimized because the slavery system changed them into a whole new person with different perspective. Slavery had change a kind, good slaveholder into the demons. Captain Anthony was a good, kind hearted person but turned out to be very cruel and heartless because “to be involved in slavery one had to do unnatural things” (Pettingill, 9-17-2017) The slave system had made slaveholders, like Master Hugh and Mrs. Auld; believe that “education and slavery are incompatible with each other.” (Douglass, 114) Slaveholders had been victimized by slavery by turning “a saint into a sinner, and an angel into a demon.” (Douglass, 106) Non-slaver holder was victimized by the slavery system by taking the economic opportunities. Non-slave holder was poor and they needed the money to run their lives but the slaves had worked for free which had created the competition with the non-slave holder. This had made the life of non-slave holder tough. Most of the place would hire slaves because it did not cost anything for the labor. This hurt non-slave holder because they could not get hired and could not provide basic things for their families. “If it was not for slavery then their lives would have been quantitatively better.” (Pettingill,
Prof. Dr. R. Pettengill
HIST 1301
Sept 19, 2017
In My Bondage and My Freedom, Frederick Douglass argues that slavery was an institution that “victimized” everyone – slaves, slave holders, and non-slave holding whites alike. How can he make such a claim considering the brutality of slavery?
In the book my bondage and freedom, Frederick Douglas argues that slavery was an institution that was very cruel and victimized everyone in the society including the slave, slave owner and even non-slave holder. Douglas argues boldly that slavery had affected everyone. “Slavery was brutal experience, from the initial capture in Africa, to the Middle Passage, to a degrading life of labor in America.” (Yazawa, 59) The slave’s human right was …show more content…
Slave owner were also victimized because the slavery system changed them into a whole new person with different perspective. Slavery had change a kind, good slaveholder into the demons. Captain Anthony was a good, kind hearted person but turned out to be very cruel and heartless because “to be involved in slavery one had to do unnatural things” (Pettingill, 9-17-2017) The slave system had made slaveholders, like Master Hugh and Mrs. Auld; believe that “education and slavery are incompatible with each other.” (Douglass, 114) Slaveholders had been victimized by slavery by turning “a saint into a sinner, and an angel into a demon.” (Douglass, 106) Non-slaver holder was victimized by the slavery system by taking the economic opportunities. Non-slave holder was poor and they needed the money to run their lives but the slaves had worked for free which had created the competition with the non-slave holder. This had made the life of non-slave holder tough. Most of the place would hire slaves because it did not cost anything for the labor. This hurt non-slave holder because they could not get hired and could not provide basic things for their families. “If it was not for slavery then their lives would have been quantitatively better.” (Pettingill,