Contradicting Statements
Slavery has always been an extremely controversial topic, especially when intertwined with the United States the “freest” nation. As in any other cases, there are always multiple point of views. In slavery the most prominent ones being abolition and pro-slavery. Unlike other differences that could be resolved easily, the issue of slavery took many decades and lives to eventually become resolved. Yet, even to this day, there are multiple opinions surrounding slavery.
The narrative of Frederick Douglass clearly refutes the quote from “Blessings of Slavery” by George Fitzhugh. Douglass shows how he is openly discriminated, how his subordinating working conditions are inhumane, and overall the terrible and brutal living …show more content…
Apart from being discriminated and having horrid working conditions the slaves still had to deal with depressing living conditions. “The...slaves received, as their monthly allowance of food, eight pounds of pork...one bushel of corn meal. Their yearly clothing consisted of two coarse linen shirts, one pair of linen trousers...one jacket, one pair of trousers...one pair of stockings, and one pair shoes;…when these failed them, they went naked until the next allowance day” surprisingly enough the owners showed shock when they had runaways. Claiming their slaves had “all the comforts and necessaries of life provided for them”, but if they had put themselves in their slave 's position they wouldn’t of have lasted a fraction of the time that the slaves had to. Another in instance, that refutes Fitzhughs quote is when Douglass tells the story of how his masters “graciously” freed the old grandmother. When in reality they had just grown tired of her because she became useless. They dumped her into the forest as a “free” being, yet knowing very well she would die all by herself. They sentenced her to death and did it without a second thought because it would benefit
Slavery has always been an extremely controversial topic, especially when intertwined with the United States the “freest” nation. As in any other cases, there are always multiple point of views. In slavery the most prominent ones being abolition and pro-slavery. Unlike other differences that could be resolved easily, the issue of slavery took many decades and lives to eventually become resolved. Yet, even to this day, there are multiple opinions surrounding slavery.
The narrative of Frederick Douglass clearly refutes the quote from “Blessings of Slavery” by George Fitzhugh. Douglass shows how he is openly discriminated, how his subordinating working conditions are inhumane, and overall the terrible and brutal living …show more content…
Apart from being discriminated and having horrid working conditions the slaves still had to deal with depressing living conditions. “The...slaves received, as their monthly allowance of food, eight pounds of pork...one bushel of corn meal. Their yearly clothing consisted of two coarse linen shirts, one pair of linen trousers...one jacket, one pair of trousers...one pair of stockings, and one pair shoes;…when these failed them, they went naked until the next allowance day” surprisingly enough the owners showed shock when they had runaways. Claiming their slaves had “all the comforts and necessaries of life provided for them”, but if they had put themselves in their slave 's position they wouldn’t of have lasted a fraction of the time that the slaves had to. Another in instance, that refutes Fitzhughs quote is when Douglass tells the story of how his masters “graciously” freed the old grandmother. When in reality they had just grown tired of her because she became useless. They dumped her into the forest as a “free” being, yet knowing very well she would die all by herself. They sentenced her to death and did it without a second thought because it would benefit