Some viewpoints of Frederick Douglass, regarding slavery, are that slaves must have weak relationships with others, according to their slaveholder, the road out of slavery is education and knowledge and among slaves, love and unity creates a strong bond with others. When Frederick Douglass’s mother died he compared her death to that of a stranger’s. He says, “I received the tiding of her death with much the same emotions I should have probably felt at the death of a stranger.” This quote shows how much slaveholders believed in the idea of keeping relationships with family members and others weak. Also, when Frederick Douglass’s infers that education and knowledge are the road out of slavery, he means the road out of slavery is awareness. This