For example, Mrs. Hugh was at first “a kind and tender-hearted woman” but “slavery soon proved its ability to divest her of these heavenly qualities” (Douglass 51, 52). Because slavery has dangerous effects on both parties, Douglass has logically concluded that slavery gives too much power to one person by allowing someone the capability of owning another human being should be exterminated completely because of its detrimental effects on everyone. Anything that only has the capability of causing excruciating physical and mental pain, like slavery, that profits nothing good should not be
For example, Mrs. Hugh was at first “a kind and tender-hearted woman” but “slavery soon proved its ability to divest her of these heavenly qualities” (Douglass 51, 52). Because slavery has dangerous effects on both parties, Douglass has logically concluded that slavery gives too much power to one person by allowing someone the capability of owning another human being should be exterminated completely because of its detrimental effects on everyone. Anything that only has the capability of causing excruciating physical and mental pain, like slavery, that profits nothing good should not be