Fredrick Douglass:::

     After reading, I feel very depressed. The life of Frederick Douglass is just terrible, and I don't know what I would do if I was him. The thing thats sad to me is that because he experienced the kindness of white people, he now is suffereing in some ways the most, because he knows what its like to be treated a little bit as a human. This reading really helped me realize how dehumanizing slavery was. They ranked the slaves along with the pigs, horses, and sheep. And when the division took place, it really saddened my heart to see how anxious Frederick was. I feel this way because I know that if I were in his postition, I would be frightened as well. Change is scary, especially when it comes to viscious masters, and new unknown places.
     The reading also told about Frederick's grandmother, and how they sent her to be isolated in the forest, to die of lonliness. She had been a slave for life, she out lived her master, and she did everything in her power to obey her master. I really can't fathom how cruel people were, but when I think about the excuses people give them today, they say it's because they didn't think of slaves as people but as property. But why would anyone treat their property so bad? I don't trash my house, just because it's property. I take care of it so I can get signifcant use out of it. When it comes down to it, I really think half of the reason masters were so violent towards their slaves was because of fear. Fear of them revolting and taking over. There were more slaves than there were white people and what would have happened if they all revolted as one? This reading has brought me to this quetsion.