My Bondage and My freedom

The Blind Southerner’s Fate Frederick Douglass believed that slavery did just as much harm to those in charge as it did to the slaves. In a system where the slaves underwent beatings, constant verbal abuse and were left in the overbearing shadow of ignorance, Douglass’s statement is certainly a strong one. Douglass’s statement is a strong one because at first there does not appear to be much support for it. However, when …

…Yes they do. The slave owners display a lack of control and reason far below that of the rest of society. Their lack of control and reason caused them to fall short in the economy, interactions between slave owners and non-slave owners, and in dealing with each other. Slaves may not excel in those areas but they are not even given the chance. Southerners have the chance and still do not succeed in those areas.