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Compare And Contrast Slave Girl And The Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass

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January 1st 1863 President Abraham Lincoln Signed the Emancipation Proclamation. December 6th the Thirteenth amendment was passed. Brother fought brother and father fought son to end slavery. Can you believe slavery still lives among us today? Unjust and sinful practices are central themes that are similar in both slave girl in California and the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. However, there are very opposing themes such as freedom and Family as well. One central theme that is similar in Slave Girl and The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is sinful practices. An immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law. That is the definition of sin. Frederick Douglass was a slave before it was abolished in 1865 yet, Shymia was a slave most recently to a family in California. In both stories told the owners were dominant over the slave. As well as treat the slave as if their voice didn’t matter, taking away their natural born rights. All of these examples are …show more content…

The two different themes were; family and freedom. Family for example, Frederick Douglass never knew who his father was and he only saw his mother a few times until she died. He loved them anyway, even if he didn’t really know them.Frederick Douglass never met his father, so he never got to build a relationship with him. In Shymia’s case she knew her family, but they were the ones that set up the arrangement for her to work for this family. She wanted to come home many times, very badly. However they said no, they said she had to stay because they would continue to get paid. As for freedom, Frederick Douglass fought hard for his freedom, he spoke in front of audiences about it. He fought hard just to keep his life. Shymia didn’t really fight for her freedom because she wasn’t aware that what the family was doing was wrong, although she did get her freedom quicker than

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Douglass did it have that option to move to america because if he were flee from his master it would be known as a “chief offence”. His aunt hester was whipped and worse because she committed a “chief offence.” the Fredrick douglass book says “ Aunt Hester had not only disobeyed his orders in going out…;which circumstance, i found, from what he said while whipping her, was the chief offence.” It was a very lucky moment for Shyima to get liberty and freedom just by moving to america.

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1. Fredrick Douglass witnessed harsh and violent actions throughout his slave life, as slave owners utilized Christianity as a justification for these actions and for the system of slavery. Douglass experienced this religious abuse throughout his life as a slave. However, in 1832, when he began working for Captain Auld, he witnessed the misuse of religion in the setting of a violent action. After Auld whipped a young woman, he justified his actions by quoting the Bible: “He that knoweth his master’s will, and doeth it not, shall be beaten with many strips” (33).

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In Frederick Douglass’ novel he talks about the things he went through and the things he had to go through and the things he had to see . He talks about about how he was whipped how he had cuts all over his body from being beat. He talks about the brutal beatings he had to watch other slaves go through. He was beat for not listening and not doing things he

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In both of these stories, Shyima and Douglass have issues dealing with each of their families. Shyima’s family sent her away to another family

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Douglass tells us this by saying that he believes anyone who is a slave owner cannot be a Christian. In his view, he believes being a slave owner violates the very principles of being a Christian. Auld quote he believes that the Christianity practiced by the Slave owners and the Christianity practiced by non-slave owners are two

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The setting in the novel Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass American Slave changes multiple times throughout the story. The first setting takes place in Maryland where Frederick was born. “I was born in Tuckahoe, near Hillsborough, and about twelve miles from Easton, in Talbot county, Maryland” (Douglass 19). Frederick was born in Maryland on a huge slave plantation because that was one of the states that slavery was legal. Then Frederick got lucky and moved in with Mrs. and Mr. Auld in Baltimore.

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And finally, the last difference and probably the most notable is that the ‘Slave Owners’ text are a composition of letters being sent from one slaveholder to the other back and forth discussing about their plantations as well-as the work of historical fiction. The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass however is an auto-biography meaning that the entire narration is non

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The two central ideas in “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” is what produces a complex account of Frederick Douglass’s experiences in Baltimore. Let’s further explain these two central ideas in order to better understand how they do this. The first central idea is slavery can have a horrific effect on both slaves and slave owners. Douglass gives two reasons behind this idea in the text.

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The Narrative of Frederick Douglass is a very great perspective for people of today to understand what it was like to be a slave in the 1800’s. It tells the story of the slave Frederick Douglass and how he began as an uneducated slave and was moved around from many different types of owners, cruel or nice, and how his and other slaves presences changed the owners, and also how he educated himself and realized that he shouldn’t be treated so poorly It was at the point later in the book that I realized how some slaves might have felt during slavery in the 1800’s. When Douglass is sent away to Mr.Covey he is treated pretty badly but eventually he stands up to Mr.Covey and demands that he stopped being treated like an animal.

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The slaveholders stated that slavery should not be abolished because it is described in the Bible

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One difference between the autobiography and film were the childhoods of the two main characters. While Roots and the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass have numerous similarities, the differences of their childhood of the two characters, and the outcome of their lives and how it unfolds is more important. One similarity of the book and movie is attempting to escape. Both Kunta and Douglass failed miserably during their first attempt. Kunta Kinte did not have a plan, which was the main reason he failed.

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Many nights, while the family slept, she stayed up ironing their outfits for the next day.” I don’t believe a 12 year old little girl she be forced into cruel labor. Douglass and Shymia’s stories are similar in a lot of ways. However she had a family background and Douglass had barely any contact with his. “She lived with her parents and 10 brothers and sisters sharing a small one-bathroom home with three other families.”

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The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is Frederick Douglass’s autobiography in which Douglass goes into detail about growing up as a slave and then escaping for a better life. During the early-to-mid 1800s, the period that this book was written, African-American slaves were no more than workers for their masters. Frederick Douglass recounts not only his personal life experiences but also the experiences of his fellow slaves during the period. This book was aimed at abolitionists, so he makes a point to portray the slaves as actual living people, not the inhuman beings that they are treated as. In Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, slaves are inhumanly represented by their owners and Frederick Douglass shines a positive light

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Tubman showed great courage and determination through her actions by helping slaves escape into freedom. Tubman was born a slave on a Maryland plantation. She suffered through severe brutality as a slave. Tubman knew that she did not want to live life as a slave.

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In the book, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass reveals his life as a slave and the valuable lessons he learned from his experience. Douglass wants the truth about slavery to be revealed and wants to eliminate the lies that portray slavery as beneficial. Douglass exposes the reality of slavery by criticizing the “romantic image” of slavery, showing the intellectual capabilities slaves had, and revealing the reasons why slaves were disloyal to each other. Douglass criticizes the southern, romantic image of slavery by exposing the harsh treatment and sadness that slaves endured. It was southerners who thought slavery as beneficial, because it benefited themselves and white society.

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