Frederick Douglass Views On The Inhumane Act Of Slavery

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Frederick Douglass had many view points on the horrendous culture of enslavement. He explained how cruel it was to sell human beings into slavery, stealing them from their homes. Frederick helped us to understand the agony and torture most slaves went through on a daily basis, and how that if he were an animal, he wouldn’t be able to comprehend what was going on around him. Douglass recalls reading a book about the inhumane act of slavery. He explains how the more he read, the more he came to loathe his enslavers. Douglass knew that as a human, had rights. By reading those documents, it enabled him to think for himself. He understood how wrong everything was. Douglass thought and believed his enslavers to be criminals. He thought this because

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