Book Review In the “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,” the author, Frederick Douglass brings to our attention many different aspects and details about the harsh people and events occurring in the 1800’s. Frederick Douglass was born into slavery between 1817 and 1818. He was moved from plantation to plantation to live and obey for several different masters and learn to read and write before he was able to flee the life of a slave. Through his process of slavery, Douglass is able to help us see certain concepts of slavery and the various emotions and details that we would not normally know about without his experience and ability to inform us. Frederick Douglass, through his narrative offers to us many lessons and challenges
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Throughout the time period of slavery, there were many people white and black that practiced and believed in this form of religion. However, within the narrative Douglass refers to the differences in the views of christianity provided by the white people as masters from the black people as slaves. Douglass knew of many christians that thought of this certain religion to be a wonderful asset, that continuously brought great joy into their life through various religion activities for worship. However, he also witnessed a form of christianity that was deceiving to the world around him, which was produced by the white people, especially the masters. The white people of this era believed one thing and did another, undoubtedly resembling that of a hypocrite. Although, Douglass despises the way the white’s view and live by this type of religion, he makes it a point that he it does not affect the way he views it and what he believes. Douglass fully believes that christianity is the real and true religion and by giving thanks to God and having faith in him he is able to speak and live by the truth. Douglass restates this as he says, “if their increase will do no other good, it will do away with the force of the arguments, that god cursed Ham, and therefore American slavery is right. If the lineal descendants of Ham are alone to be scripturally enslaved, it is certain that slavery at the south must soon become unscriptural…” (pg 24). Christianity is an effective process in slavery due to the fact that the thought of christianity and slavery occurring at the same time is inevitable with such circumstances that they one can not exist while the other is present. Douglass is able to bring this theory up in his narrative as he discusses that christianity in even the purest form results in hypocrisy in the age of slavery. This is important in today’s world of history,
Throughout the time period of slavery, there were many people white and black that practiced and believed in this form of religion. However, within the narrative Douglass refers to the differences in the views of christianity provided by the white people as masters from the black people as slaves. Douglass knew of many christians that thought of this certain religion to be a wonderful asset, that continuously brought great joy into their life through various religion activities for worship. However, he also witnessed a form of christianity that was deceiving to the world around him, which was produced by the white people, especially the masters. The white people of this era believed one thing and did another, undoubtedly resembling that of a hypocrite. Although, Douglass despises the way the white’s view and live by this type of religion, he makes it a point that he it does not affect the way he views it and what he believes. Douglass fully believes that christianity is the real and true religion and by giving thanks to God and having faith in him he is able to speak and live by the truth. Douglass restates this as he says, “if their increase will do no other good, it will do away with the force of the arguments, that god cursed Ham, and therefore American slavery is right. If the lineal descendants of Ham are alone to be scripturally enslaved, it is certain that slavery at the south must soon become unscriptural…” (pg 24). Christianity is an effective process in slavery due to the fact that the thought of christianity and slavery occurring at the same time is inevitable with such circumstances that they one can not exist while the other is present. Douglass is able to bring this theory up in his narrative as he discusses that christianity in even the purest form results in hypocrisy in the age of slavery. This is important in today’s world of history,