How Did Frederick Douglass Contribute To The Abolition Of Freedom?

Frederick Douglass was a famous slave writer and black abolitionist leader of the 19th century. The followers of the abolitionist movement argued for a complete abolition of slavery as it was a dehumanizing practice. This was in opposition to leaders such as Abraham Lincoln who argued that slavery had to be tackled down gradually. In this paper, I will be investigating the impact of Black slavery upon human psychology and society through the lens of Frederick Douglass’ life. The case study in this context will be the book Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave which was published in 1845. The book is a memoir in which Douglass recounts his life experiences as a Black slave and opens up the philosophical debate on freedom. The paper will be organized as follows: firstly, I will provide some information

Many slave owners went to the Church and considered themselves good Christians. The Black population was privy to a crisis of faith because not only was their oppression being justified using law and biology, but religion had also become a tool in the hands of the White man. Douglass writes “and I am almost ready to ask, ‘Does a righteous God govern the universe? and for what does he hold the thunders in his right hand, if not to smite the oppressor, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the spoiler?' (Douglass 77)”. He argues that a person who is a slave owner cannot be a Christian. If he claims to be religious when he is oppressing colored men day and night, then he is merely a religious hypocrite. This was an important issue to touch upon because many White people accused the abolitionists of straying from the teachings of religion. What the Blacks actually wanted to communicate that they were not against Christianity, but found it a misuse of religious power when it was used to justified large scale oppression of a particular