Douglass and russell have two very different points of views. It is not only that they have different points of views but also that they are of different races. Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Maryland in 1818. Thaddeus Russell is a historian and cultural critic with a book published in 2010. These two have very different ideas of this same topic because they have both lived in different eras and have had their own unique experiences.
It is subtly apparent when we are first introduced to Frederick Douglass as a child with no identity, idea of who he is or where he comes from. Clearly Douglass has no sense of self other than the fact that he is a slave. In a sense Douglass is dehumanized with no idea of his