His third argument states that these freed slaves will be thrown into society without any life tools needed to succeed. They will hurt society by not knowing how to correctly behave themselves as a member of it. He states “Freed people...will enter into society infected with all the vices of slavery, ignorant, brutalized, despising work, with no education whatsoever, with no comprehension of human dignity.” which proves that he believes that freed slaves will be a sickness to society and they should not be freed. Mr. Barros-Cobra is highly against the abolition of slavery and every step towards it, he believes it will cause nothing but disruption to the country as a …show more content…
In this perspective, legal issues is at its least significance. True feeling and love are at stake. The mother would be horrified to hear what Mr. Barros-Cobra is saying. She wouldn’t agree with anything coming out of that mans mouth. She believes that enslaved people deserve freedom, they deserve citizenship, and she would be one hundred percent in favor of the “Free Womb Law” even if it doesn 't guarantee her freedom. Haiti was one of the first countries to be free from slavery, Haitians appealed against slavery in a historic event called the Haitian Revolution. (Miki) In Haiti, slavery was fought against heavily and for that reason I believe this Haitian slave would agree with the