...Fredrick Douglass Reader Response In the times of complete poverty faced by Fredrick Douglass, the humanity of society was degraded by both; the masters being the oppressors and the unwilling slaves being the oppressed. Douglass was an intelligent, courageous individual that had a strong principle of moral stability, which is well evident in his narrative. He bravely writes about his experiences which have had an expansive, powerful impact all the way from the abolitionist movement up until our era. Fredrick Douglass was born into slavery which lead him to be a witness and victim of the dehumanization of colored individuals. He grew up observing how colored men and women were given a price, with little to no value. The slaves were degraded by having their rights stripped and seized from them by white slaveowners that treated them like animals. Knowingly they longed for freedom, the masters and overseers would still brutally punish any slave that would speak their mind. In...
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