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Jennifer Welty
A141
October 1, 2003
Freedom; Not So Far Out Of Reach
“I now understood the white mens power to enslave the black man. ... “For what this separation is done, I do not know, unless it be to hinder the development of the childs affection of the mother for the child” (16). This is possibly one of the lowest ways to gain control over someone; to teach them they are not loved by their own blood. ... By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs. ... For they are not acquainted with the reality that their restricting slaves from education and learning only leads to power and ambition. Education was a huge threat to the slaveholders due to their fear of not knowing the intellect of their surrounding slaves. ... Because he was told he could not learn, he taught himself. ...
Freedom to not only speak for himself but to speak for the rest of the slaves from North to South; this was Douglass goal.
Approximate Word count = 867
Approximate Pages = 3.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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