Frederick Douglass
Common Themes / Ideas / Images --
1.) Slavery affects both slaves and slave-owners.
2.) Religion -- as a justification for slavery and cruelty.
3.) Religion -- as incompatible with slavery.
4.) Owners -- religious owners are worse.
5.) Owners -- different “classes” of owners.
6.) Owners -- Religious vs. Non-Religious.
7.) Owners -- born into owning slaves vs. acquiring / inheriting slaves later.
8.) Education -- the key to freedom for slaves or any human being (wider audience).
9.) Education -- the key to being a human being.
10.) Animals -- have better treatment than slaves.
11.) Identity -- slaves were stripped of identity.
12.) Identity -- slaves became dependent on owners.
13.) Identity -- identity based on owners -- slaves “fought for” their owners -- to defend their owners’ honors.
14.) Identity -- whites prevented anything that made them more human-like -- separated moms and children; cut emotional ties; etc.