![]() ![]() It was the weight of such sentiments that made Douglass's text so influential to American history. ![]() Under its influence, the tender heart became stone, and the lamblike disposition gave way to one of tiger-like fierceness." When I went there, she was a pious, warm, and tender-hearted woman. He showed that slavery was keeping people in subservient roles, and in the worse cases slaves were treated in terrible ways that were far from civilized.ĭouglass argued slavery was not just dehumanizing to the slave, but also corrupted the slave owners: "Slavery proved as injurious to her as it did to me. Douglass refuted these false notions with accounts of the inhumane treatment slaves frequently endured. In Douglass's time, slavery was viewed as a civilizing institution that maintained order. ![]() Published in 1845, the text played a role in the Civil War by bolstering the abolitionist cause and promoting early African American intellectualism. Written by Douglass himself, this is his treatise against slavery that expresses his hope for what life could be. ![]()
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