Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Response Queston :: The "school" of Slavery (1-41)
In the preface of the book, William Lloyd Garrison quotes Douglass saying that "slavery was a poor school for the human intellect and heart." What does Douglass mean by this? And what does Garrison think of Douglass' "intellect" and his "heart"? Give some specific examples from the letter showing Garrison's opinion of Douglass.
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Douglass means that slavery has no possitive effects on intelligence and the effections of the heart. One example is where Garrison tells us that Douglass' speach was more eloquent than that of Patrick Henrys'. That example also shows that Garrison thinks that Federick is very well equiped with intellect and character.
Maurice J.
By Douglass saying this he means that slavery is a heartless at against other human beings. Slavery sholud be taught by no one and it should stop were it started. Garrison thinks that Douglas when he says "the extrarodinary emotion it excited in my own mind the powerful impression it created upon a crowded auditory" to me that says that he thoguh that Douglass was avery powerful speaker and that you can see and feel exactly what he was describing.
Think about the song "Amazing Grace." What effect did slavery have on the slave traders and owners?
The song "Amazing Grace" had numerous effects on both the slave owners and the slave traders. They were finally starting to relaize that what they were doing was wrong and that no one should have been treated like that. They were treating other human beings the way they would never want to be treated.
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