Evan Squires, AMH2010, Monday-Friday, 10:30 am
Surprisingly, Douglass did not harbor resentment against his former owners. Though he acknowledged their harsh deeds and cruel behavior in his autobiography he does not speak hatefully about his experience. Instead of blaming the slaveowners, he blamed the system. He said that slavery itself was responsible for the degradation of both slave and slaveholder. I think this is quite remarkable given his upbringing and the horrors he experienced during his time as a slave.
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Keith, Patrick AMH2010
Fredrick Douglass is an anomalous individual of awesome intellect, I would not be surprised by one such as he.
I think I would feel the same way thats' how the slaveowners were raised, and taught to live. You had quite a bit of white people that didn't beat their slaves and actually treated them good. Then were rejected by other white's for not misstreating them.
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