https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy Thesis: Although the topic of Fredrcik Douglas may seem to be about feeling empathy for him, he truly wants you to wants you to see how he was resilient during his search for freedom. en-us 2017-01-31 20:26:23 UTC 2023-05-17 02:01:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png raymondjohnson1 https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150683343 "He would at times seem to take great pleasure in whipping a slave. I have often been awakened at the dawn of day by the most heart-rending shrieks of an own run of mine, whom he used to tie up to a joist, and whip upon her need back until she was literally covered in blood."
(Douglas 5)]]> 2017-01-31 20:31:43 UTC https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150683343 raymondjohnson1 https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150686270 Douglas describes the traumatic experiences he saw throughout his life as a slave, he wants to show the harshness a slave experienced and the severity of punishment]]> 2017-01-31 20:42:10 UTC https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150686270 raymondjohnson1 https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150686722 "In the hottest summer and the coldest winter, I was kept almost naked- no shoes, no stockings, no jacket, no trousers, nothing on but a course linen shirt, reaching only to my knees. I had no bed. I must have perished cold. "
(Douglas 29)]]> 2017-01-31 20:44:12 UTC https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150686722 raymondjohnson1 https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150686774 "But as soon as I returned, I called upon him to pay him what he considered his due . I found him very angry; he could scarce restrain his wrath. He said he had a great mind to give me a severe whipping."
(Douglas 103)]]> 2017-01-31 20:44:24 UTC https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150686774 raymondjohnson1 https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150686809 "Were I agin to be reduced to the chains of slavery, next to that enslavement, I should regard being the slave of a religious master the greatest calamity that could fall before me. For with all the slaveholders with whom I have ever met, religious slaveholders are the worst."
(Douglas 79)]]> 2017-01-31 20:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150686809 raymondjohnson1 https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150686827 "Now all the property of my old masters, slaves included, was in the hands of strangers,- strangers who had nothing to do with accumulating it. Not a slave was left free. All remained slaves, from the youngest to oldest. If anyone thing in my experience, more than another, served to deepen my conviction of the infernal character of slavery."
(Douglas 49)]]> 2017-01-31 20:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150686827 raymondjohnson1 https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150686923 Douglas used a very detailed description to help us understand and feel the harshness that he had felt as a child.]]> 2017-01-31 20:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150686923 raymondjohnson1 https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150687007 Douglas wants the readers to realize that even what was considered the "holiest" of people, in reality were the most distraught and disturbed. The great american values of a religious man in the seventeenth century were perceived as pure and holy when in reality they were harsh and relentless.]]> 2017-01-31 20:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150687007 raymondjohnson1 https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150687049 Douglas expressed the deepness and trapping horrors of slavery. He wanted to show the readers how much of a difficulty it was to build a relationship with a slave holder, let alone become free.]]> 2017-01-31 20:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150687049 raymondjohnson1 https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150687090 Douglas wanted to express how much of a difficulty it was for slaveholders to not casually beat the slaves for expectations to be met.]]> 2017-01-31 20:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150687090 raymondjohnson1 https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150687474 2017-01-31 20:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150687474 raymondjohnson1 https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150688960 2017-01-31 20:53:37 UTC https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150688960 raymondjohnson1 https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150984714 2017-02-01 20:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150984714 raymondjohnson1 https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150984949 2017-02-01 20:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150984949 raymondjohnson1 https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150987695 2017-02-01 20:45:22 UTC https://padlet.com/raymondjohnson1/mleztb4mfcy/wish/150987695