The Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass

The Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass is an autobiography about the life of Frederick douglass, including all the challenges he faced. Even though slaveholders were seen as the privileged partner of a slave to master relationship, they actually had some devastating issues themselves. Slaveholders had emotional, economic, and social issues while slavery was instituted in United States. Not to justify the slaveholders position , but the negitive effects of slavery changed many people other than the slaves. In the first couple of chapters, Frederick talks about the possibility of his father being his old master. Just imagine the effects this had on the master and the relationship with his white family. As well as the abandoned, secretive relationship with his mixed kid. ”The master is forced to sell his mulatto children or constantly whip them out of deference to the feelings of his white wife”(Douglass 17). In this quote by Douglass, he refers to the delimi of the master pleasing his wife and also acknowledging his mulatto kid. …show more content…
From the founding of Jamestown in 1619 to the ratification of the 13th Amendment that abolished slavery in 1865, whites had a new perspective of power while controlling over other people (slaves), which changed them. “...the white man’s power to enslave the black man” is a quote by Frederick Douglass that speaks of the power that was experienced nationwide(Douglass 40). In his book he speaks about Mrs. Auld, his former master, being the kindest women he ever met till “slavery took its full effect” on her(essayjudge 1). Another example is Thomas Auld. Slavery was introduced to him through