Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, writer, and statesman. After escaping slavery from Maryland in 1838, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York. While doing that he gained notes for his antislavery writings. During his life, Douglass was described by abolitionists as a living counter-example to slaveholders' arguments that slaves lacked the mental capacity to function as independent American citizens. Throughout chapter VI, Douglass explores how slavery is harmful to whites. His goal was to convince his readers, especially the white in the North and South that slavery was bad on moral, legal, religious, and economic grounds.
Douglass revealed how slavery corrupts the ethics of whites. An example would be with Mrs. Sophia Auld. She was a kind and hard-working person, who treated Douglass like a genuine human …show more content…
Originally he had not been interested about learning to read but now that he was not allowed to, it interested him more and he began to think about a whole new perspective on the matter. Douglass had always been a little confused about how it was that white people were able to enslave black people. Suddenly he had an answer. Slaves are kept down because they don't know any better. Douglass started to see the whole education issue in a new light, if he can learn to read, he would not have to be a slave anymore. Before Douglass set off on his quest to learn to read, he made some observations about the differences between slavery in the city and on the plantation. Slaves are treated better in Baltimore, and Douglass started to think of the reasons why and he came up with; on the plantation, there isn't anyone to see how slaves are treated, but in the city masters would be ashamed to have a reputation for cruelty. With this in mind, Douglass made the decision to start a sabbath school to teach other slaves how to
Douglass revealed how slavery corrupts the ethics of whites. An example would be with Mrs. Sophia Auld. She was a kind and hard-working person, who treated Douglass like a genuine human …show more content…
Originally he had not been interested about learning to read but now that he was not allowed to, it interested him more and he began to think about a whole new perspective on the matter. Douglass had always been a little confused about how it was that white people were able to enslave black people. Suddenly he had an answer. Slaves are kept down because they don't know any better. Douglass started to see the whole education issue in a new light, if he can learn to read, he would not have to be a slave anymore. Before Douglass set off on his quest to learn to read, he made some observations about the differences between slavery in the city and on the plantation. Slaves are treated better in Baltimore, and Douglass started to think of the reasons why and he came up with; on the plantation, there isn't anyone to see how slaves are treated, but in the city masters would be ashamed to have a reputation for cruelty. With this in mind, Douglass made the decision to start a sabbath school to teach other slaves how to