Douglass states, “I was immediately sent for, to be valued with the other property. Here again my feelings rose in detestation of slavery. I had now a new conception of my degraded condition. Prior to this, I had become, if not insensible to my lot, at least partly so” (Douglass 48), Basically Douglass is saying that slaves were valued as property rather than human beings. Even though their slave-owners passed or property was sold, slaves were still considered someone’s property and were not given the freedom to be free. Basically, slave-owners passed slaves from one property to another so that slaves could not become free which means that they would still have control of them. Slave-owners did not only treat slaves as property but also deprived them of many
Douglass states, “I was immediately sent for, to be valued with the other property. Here again my feelings rose in detestation of slavery. I had now a new conception of my degraded condition. Prior to this, I had become, if not insensible to my lot, at least partly so” (Douglass 48), Basically Douglass is saying that slaves were valued as property rather than human beings. Even though their slave-owners passed or property was sold, slaves were still considered someone’s property and were not given the freedom to be free. Basically, slave-owners passed slaves from one property to another so that slaves could not become free which means that they would still have control of them. Slave-owners did not only treat slaves as property but also deprived them of many