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Commentary: No matter how far north some people ran, the fugitive slave catchers were present, showing how far slave holders were willing to go to be able to commit cruel and inhumane acts.

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Commentary: During slavery, the farther south you go, the worse the slaves were treated, and the crueler the slave holders.

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Commentary: Slavery did not only degrade the slave, it also degraded the slave holder and made them both more like uncivilized beasts than humans.

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Commentary: The slave holders of the American south were very cruel, and uncaring when it came to their slaves.

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Commentary: The slave holders in the American south took the children from their mothers and sold them, and they also sold their own children that they had with a slave. The immense cruelty of the slave holders is shown by them not having any remorse when they sell their own child.

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"I was afraid to speak to anyone for fear of speaking to the wrong one, and thereby falling into the hands of money-loving kidnappers, whose business it was to lie in wait for the panting fugitive, as the ferocious beasts of the forest lie in wait for their prey" (Douglass 106)

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"The master is frequently compelled to sell this class of his slaves, out of deference to the feelings of his white wife; and, cruel as the deed may strike any one to be, for a man to sell his own children to human flesh-mongers, it is often the dictate of humanity for him to do so" (Douglass 3)

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"He was one of those who could torture, the slightest look, word, or gesture, on the part of the slave, into impudence, and would treat it accordingly" (Douglass 23)

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"At this moment, I saw more clearly than ever the brutalizing effects of slavery upon both slave and slave holder" (Douglass 48)

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"While down in this situation, Mr. Covey took up the hickory slat with which Hughes had been striking off the half-bushel measure, and with it gave me a heavy blow upon the head, making a large wound, and the blood ran freely; and with this again told me to get up" (Douglass 69)