Covey broke Douglass’s spirit by giving him the enormous amounts of work and the highly intense amount of discipline. As Douglass said, “we were worked fully up to the point of endurance,” as he had not enough time to take his meals and he always under the Mr. Covey’s surveillance as he described Mr. Covey as a snake and a thief in the night. For example, Mr. Covey surprised slaves by sneaking through the tall grass and trees. Mr. Covey’s inhumane treatment made Douglass miserable as he insulted emotionally and physically and this represent the Douglass’s state of lethargy. In other words, he was one of the slaves who suffered from the plantation system. However, at the same time prolonged suffer acted as a steppingstone to move forward to achieve freedom. Douglass’s August confrontation with Covey caused by Douglass fights back against Covey. Because Auld wanted to punish his brother, Hugh, he made Douglass to move from Baltimore to Thomas Auld’s. Also, there was an argument that Auld never let Douglass return to Baltimore. Thomas Auld who has not owned slaves from birth, was very cruel. Douglass lived with him after his first stint in
Covey broke Douglass’s spirit by giving him the enormous amounts of work and the highly intense amount of discipline. As Douglass said, “we were worked fully up to the point of endurance,” as he had not enough time to take his meals and he always under the Mr. Covey’s surveillance as he described Mr. Covey as a snake and a thief in the night. For example, Mr. Covey surprised slaves by sneaking through the tall grass and trees. Mr. Covey’s inhumane treatment made Douglass miserable as he insulted emotionally and physically and this represent the Douglass’s state of lethargy. In other words, he was one of the slaves who suffered from the plantation system. However, at the same time prolonged suffer acted as a steppingstone to move forward to achieve freedom. Douglass’s August confrontation with Covey caused by Douglass fights back against Covey. Because Auld wanted to punish his brother, Hugh, he made Douglass to move from Baltimore to Thomas Auld’s. Also, there was an argument that Auld never let Douglass return to Baltimore. Thomas Auld who has not owned slaves from birth, was very cruel. Douglass lived with him after his first stint in