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Fredrick Douglas 001
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Fredrick Douglas
Imagine yourself at the mercy of another human being. ... Fredrick Douglas was born in Maryland, he does not know the date of his birth, as did most slaves. ... Fredrick taught himself how to read and write despite it being against his slave-owners wishes. ... Fredrick saw his knowledge of words both as a blessing and a curse. ... As Douglas recalls an incident where a slave named Demby, was being whipped by a Mr. ... ” (Page 46) When she first married into the family she began to teach Fredrick the ABC’s. ... But Douglas found religion to have the opposite effect on slaveholders. ... This s what Douglas refers to as the “slaveholders religion” (page 118). Douglas perceives a big difference between Christianity and the slaveholders’ religion, “to receive Christianity as good, pure and holy, is of necessity to reject the slaveholders religion as bad, corrupt and wicked.” (Page 118) Douglas refers to the church members as “cradle plunderers,” the ministers are “men-stealers” and the missionaries are “women-whippers. ... ” (Page 119) Douglas describes this companionship by stating, “Here we have religion and robbery allies of each other. ... Douglas saw his mother only on a few occasions and for only a short period of time.
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Title: Fredrick Douglas 001
Words: 965
Rating: None
Pages: 3.9
submitted by: sunshai
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