Frederick: A Soldier's Dialectical Journal

That’s why his sentences were not long and complicated. He uses a lot of repetition in a pattern to help the audience understand his argument and his life events rather than the literary structure. "O that I were free! O, that I were on one of your gallant decks, and under your protecting wing! ... O, why was I born a man, of whom to make a brute!" He's bringing home his feelings and repeating to show the importance.The use of this style it Informs the audience about how important freedom is.His second style was using figurative language. One figurative language that had the best connection with the purpose, was simile."When I could stand no longer, I fell, and felt as if held down by an immense weight". Here, Douglass is informing the audience, how he was weighted down by slavery. He was getting tired and hope just started to fade away. Last style that Frederick used was his tone. It hard for his audience to see his actions or his facial expression."The men were willing to risk prison or death for the chance to be free." His tone is hopeful. Hope is something we should never give

People would offer themselves up to work the land and do other miscellaneous work in exchange for a passage to America. Although it is generally believed that indentured servants, as a whole, were treated better and more fairly than slaves, that is not completely true. Some indentured servants were treated kindly by their “owners”, while others were physically abused and had no rights in the eyes of whoever had control over them. Just like regular slaves, these servants were treated like property and were passed down through the family. If the primary owner of a servant died while they still had time to serve, then they were passed on to someone else in their family to allow them to finish their sentence. Frequently, indentured servants were beaten so badly that they would die, in which the master beating them would face little to no

from the outside world. Adult male slaves were primarily relied on to tend the fields, pastures, and gardens” (American Abolitionism). Along with the hard work the slaves had to put in, they were also inducing severe abuse from their masters when they misbehaved, didn’t do what they were told to do, or just got out of line.

When Frederick was about seven or eight years old he was taken to the main house to be worked as a slave. It was at the main house that Frederick saw for the first time a slave being beaten. In a short time Frederick came to understand that the beating of slaves was a way of life and that no slave could avoid this fate. Frederick quickly learned to avoid the offenses that brought the punishment of a beating, but he also came to understand, that beatings were often not punishments at all, but were given because the masters and overseers got much pleasure out of beating their slaves.

Its wrong for someone to work as hard as they do to get told that are not worth anything. This is just because of their color they are going to work with out being paid. The way that slaves were treaded were getting out of hand. Then are higher people such George Washington who would say very harsh thing. For an example George

Frederick was born 1818 Talbolt Maryland into slavery life, but he never knew when so he decided to stay and celebrate it in February. He never lived with his mother name Harriet Bailey as of his dad he never saw a day in his life or talk about him. Frederick grew up in slavery without his real family. Slavery wasn’t as bad as south was during slavery while he live with his owner. It was very much unfair because he had to work at a young age and he faught for his rights of being African American an having freedom. He had only one brother but not much detail was explain about him.

As a slave you always had to keep in mind that you're well-being relies on what your master earns, otherwise you might die of illness or starvation.

Laws and rules were created to enforce the low status of Africans as they toiled in the fields. They were banned from participating in lawsuits, owning a property or firearm, getting married, possessing of alcohol and also from learning to read and write. The treatment slaves received from their masters vary tremendously. Some owners worked their slaves mercilessly and threatened them with corporal discipline so painful that it amounted to torture. So even though it’s tempting to put poverty and slavery together, the difference was that enslaved workers had no rights at all. They had no protection from the mistreatment because the law considered a slave another man’s property not a human being. When a slave suffered a whipping, he or she could

I think that Douglass is writing to anyone who is seeking to be better at something but at the same feeling the will to quit. Like it describes the difficulties Frederick had to go through and although there was a point where he no longer wanted to give in, he eventually pulled through and learned how to read and write and soon became a free man. I feel the main message in Frederick’s essay is that Knowledge is the Path to Freedom. What I mean by Path to Freedom is that with the ability to read and write, Frederick found out that it was helping him go towards of being free and helped him recognized himself as a man and not a slave. Yes there was a time where he felt that learning to read was rather a curse than a blessing but he soon got over

What does it mean to be a slave? Ask any human being, and they will state that they too have been a slave. Being a slave to addiction, to a slave in a relationship, a slave to anxiety, a slave to work, maybe a slave to mental illness, and a slave to one's self-being. Sure, there may be moments in one's life that makes them feel like they have no other choice but to give in. However, there are some things that these people have that is a privilege, the right to say "no," the liberty to decide, and the freedom to act on decisions, to prohibit the temporary entrapment of, obstacles. African American slavery twisted the definition of what it was to be a slave. It meant that one is a product, and a tiny element apart of a more significant something,

As Douglass writes in his narrative titled, Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, he portrays a sense of relief and delayed happiness. Near the beginning of the book, Frederick writes about how he had a close relationship with one of his first masters, which was rare. Frederick calmly states, “My connection with Master Daniel was some advantage to me. He became quite attached to me and was sort of a protector of me. He would not allow the older boys to impose upon me, and would divide his cakes with me” (Douglass 16). Frederick and Master Daniel had a close relationship, allowing Frederick to be secretly watched over and protected by his master. With Frederick and his masters close relationship, Frederick experienced a sense of ¨freedom.¨ This quote actually proved that Frederick had a small different type of “freedom” at this specific plantation. Frederick was lucky enough to have a master at this plantation who secretly watched over him and took care of him. His freedom was obviously minimized, but he had the chance to experience a different type of ¨freedom¨ for his first years at the plantation. Although Frederick was not truly ¨free,¨ he had more freedom than other slaves had experienced at that plantation and around

The majority of the masters would abuse the slaves physically and mentally causing more hardship, and by placing the slaves under a secret slave trade where they would get sold without the community or family members knowing. Unfortunately in the book of Incidents in the life of a slave girl by Harriet Jacobs , Harriet master Dr.Flint did not, have the opportunity to do that to aunt marthy who was the grandmother of Harriet jacobs. “ Shame Shame ! who is going to sell you aunt marthy? Don't stand there! That is not a place for you. A white aged woman who was the sister of my grandmothers deceased mistress gave the old servant the her freedom (text 2 , lines 11-12). Masters would utilize hypocrisy towards all slaves but the they were slaves who already had their name recognized because of their humanity, hard work, and virtuous heart. Violence towards slaves did not comply for reasons that the slaves are human, and not every white person abused of the

The slave masters did not care whether their children or relatives were undergoing the harsh conditions of slavery. It is believed that Douglass’ father owned the slaves, “the opinion was whispered that my master was my father; but of the correctness of this opinion I know nothing.... My mother and I were separated when I was but an infant” (p 10). Slave masters use totalitarianism as a means of monitoring their subjects. The slaves are required to behave in a particular manner when they are interacting with their masters. Slaves themselves encounter cruel interaction among their peers and slave holders. Slave masters administer fears among the slaves, since this is what keeps them going. When they speak the truth, they are penalized by their owners.

Frederick Douglas was born into the slave trade in Talbot County, Maryland. He was sent to work on a plantation for the Hugh’s Family for about seven years. This is the location where his learning truly began. His mistress was a “kind, tender-hearted, woman” who treated Frederick as a human instead of property the family owned. This was a dangerous thing for both parties at this time in history it was considered wrong. Frederick States “Slavery proved as injurious to her as it did to me” which I see the connection he had made to her change of personality because of slavery. She had heavenly qualities that slavery was able to divest from her. It was injurious to Fredrick not only for the lashings a salve would

Some may see the strength and wealth of a plantation owner and admire it. He and his family does not go without food, clothes, or the finest of things. They provide for their family and their wealth helps the town and he is known as a great man in the country side. At which he is great at the expense of my blood and sweat. I am a slave, a piece of property that works from sun up to sun down to plant, harvest, and work. The labor I provide makes the master rich and keeps the slave poor and in his place. I was once beaten for looking the master in the eyes. I was told that it was an act of respect, but I know he does not look us in the eyes because he would see that we are human, we are the souls he puts through misery so he can live in