Charity Bowery is an additional former slave who claims that her “master was very kind to his slaves.” (Hollitz Pg.240) Her master didn 't allow his overseers to distribute punishments to his slaves, unlike most slaveowners in the South. Even though Bowery’s master had a kind heart, his wife had other plans for her. The mistress kept children separated from the mothers and sold them off to the highest bidder. This helps one see that even in the most desirable of living situations, something always kept them from being ideal. Possibly the most famous former slave and African-American leader was Mr.Frederick Douglass. After the abolition of slavery, Frederick Douglass gave a speech on the Fourth of July addressing what the holiday meant for all races. “What have I or those I represent to do with your national independence?” Douglass starts off. The whole speech meant to not so politely call out the hypocrisy of American Slavery. He even admits that due to the misinterpreted, biased stories that emit from this time of tragedy that “America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the
Charity Bowery is an additional former slave who claims that her “master was very kind to his slaves.” (Hollitz Pg.240) Her master didn 't allow his overseers to distribute punishments to his slaves, unlike most slaveowners in the South. Even though Bowery’s master had a kind heart, his wife had other plans for her. The mistress kept children separated from the mothers and sold them off to the highest bidder. This helps one see that even in the most desirable of living situations, something always kept them from being ideal. Possibly the most famous former slave and African-American leader was Mr.Frederick Douglass. After the abolition of slavery, Frederick Douglass gave a speech on the Fourth of July addressing what the holiday meant for all races. “What have I or those I represent to do with your national independence?” Douglass starts off. The whole speech meant to not so politely call out the hypocrisy of American Slavery. He even admits that due to the misinterpreted, biased stories that emit from this time of tragedy that “America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the