Madelyn Perkovich
6/12/2017
About his grandmother, Fredrick Douglass states "She had rocked him in infancy, attended him in childhood, served him through life, and at his death wiped from his brow the icy brow the cold death sweat, and closed his eyes forever. She was nevertheless left a slave- a slave for life- a slave in the hands of strangers;and in their hands she saw her children, her grandchildren, and her great grandchildren divided, like so many sheep,without being gratified of the small privilege of a single word, as to their or her own destiny."
In this passage, he paints a picture of true sorrow and misery. This was effective in provoking my emotions of pity and sorrow because of the absolute unfairness of it all. The human heart is delicate, that woman was human, she was attached to her children and grandchildren, they were her entire life and purpose. After her long, dreary life as a slave, she was served no justice or consolation for all her labors. She had served her master since he was an infant, yet there were no thanks or reward for her doing so. It is instances such as these that convince me slaveholders couldn't have been human. Fredrick Douglass's grandmother was turned out to die alone, with nobody to assist and comfort her. Every single one of her loved ones was sold in front of her eyes. There was no remorse for this poor woman, and it shows humanities worst and most evil capabilities. I feel like the way these slaveholders acted so carelessly about this woman's life says a lot about slavery in general.
6/12/2017
About his grandmother, Fredrick Douglass states "She had rocked him in infancy, attended him in childhood, served him through life, and at his death wiped from his brow the icy brow the cold death sweat, and closed his eyes forever. She was nevertheless left a slave- a slave for life- a slave in the hands of strangers;and in their hands she saw her children, her grandchildren, and her great grandchildren divided, like so many sheep,without being gratified of the small privilege of a single word, as to their or her own destiny."
In this passage, he paints a picture of true sorrow and misery. This was effective in provoking my emotions of pity and sorrow because of the absolute unfairness of it all. The human heart is delicate, that woman was human, she was attached to her children and grandchildren, they were her entire life and purpose. After her long, dreary life as a slave, she was served no justice or consolation for all her labors. She had served her master since he was an infant, yet there were no thanks or reward for her doing so. It is instances such as these that convince me slaveholders couldn't have been human. Fredrick Douglass's grandmother was turned out to die alone, with nobody to assist and comfort her. Every single one of her loved ones was sold in front of her eyes. There was no remorse for this poor woman, and it shows humanities worst and most evil capabilities. I feel like the way these slaveholders acted so carelessly about this woman's life says a lot about slavery in general.
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