Frederick Douglass Research Paper

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave is a autobiography of the life of Frederick douglass and how he was a slave at birth but at the end achieved legal freedom. Uncle Tom's Cabin is the story of a slave and his lifestyle as he had encountered a kind owner, it also has a mother that runs away with her son to reunite with her husband in canada. From 1790 to 1860, mostly Industrialization and Immigration happened. Western expansion was occurring, Americans were moving west and were trying to create an empire of liberty, they were trying to tame and industrialize the west, this had created new ideas along with new problems. The market revolution was also occurring during this time period, new technology was made.

slaves were treated harshly and were not allowed to do or learn many things. . All of these were connected they all led up to slavery and the civil war. Western expansion needed workers to build facilities to expand to the west, and the market revolution needed people to work and make the economy bigger. That's where the slaves came in they did all the heavy lifting, although all of these created problems. Throughout the mid to late 1800s in the United States, The Frederick douglass Narrative and Uncle tom's cabin socially and culturally helped people to support abolition by showing the reality of slavery and how cruel it was, sparking the emotions of americans.

The Frederick Douglass’ narrative and Uncle Tom's Cabin helped to build support by showing the reality of slavery, also showing the racial divisions between slaves and “normal people”Racial divisions were the basis of slavery,There was no exceptions to this, if you were born to slaves then you were a slave for life. Even if you were educated like a white person, For example “"My master! and who made him my master? That's what I think of – what right has he to me? I'm a man as

Slavery impacted people for better or worse, for example this was for the better "This is God's curse on slavery! – a bitter, bitter, most accursed thing! – a curse to the master and a curse to the slave! I was a fool to think I could make anything good out of such a deadly evil. It is a sin to hold a slave under laws like ours, – I always felt it was, – I always thought so when I was a girl, – I thought so still more after I joined the church; but I thought I could gild it over, – I thought, by kindness, and care, and instruction, I could make the condition of mine better than freedom – fool that I was!""Why, wife, you are getting to be an abolitionist, quite.""Abolitionist! if they knew all I know about slavery, they might talk! We don't need them to tell us; you know I never thought that slavery was right – never felt willing to own slaves."”(Stowe 26-31) This show the cultural impact of slavery. Finding out the reality of slavery made her to support abolition. She didn't want to be a part of something cruel. The reality of slavery triggered her emotions and she knew that owning slaves was wrong. This impacted her in a way that she did not want to own slaves anymore. The cultural impact slavery had was not always positive for example “ Slavery proved as injurious to her as it did to me. When I went there, she was