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The Dehumanization Process in the Narrative of the bread and butter of Frederick Douglass An American SlaveThroughout American history, minority groups were victims of American judicatureal policies, and these policies do them vulnerable to barbaric and inhumane treatment at the hands of uncontaminating Americans. American slavery is a telling example of a government sanctioned institution that victimized and oppressed a race of large number by indoctrinating and encouraging enslavement, racism and ab map. This institution is injurious to slaves and slave holders as well because American society, especially in the south, underwent a dehumanization process in order to implement the harsh and inhumane doctrine. In the episodic chronicle Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave, Frederick Douglass illustrates, through personal experience, the brutality and craze of slave life. As a young boy, Douglass is sent to Baltimore, an event that gives him mome ntary relief from the harsh conditions on the plantation. In Baltimore, he teaches himself to read and economise and begins a journey to mental freedom that eventually paves the way to his booming escape to the North. Despite the hardships he endures, most amazing is the indestructible extreme humanity of Douglass whom society called a thing, a chattel to be bought and change (Rexroth 134). Amazingly, Douglass realizes at a young age that the institution of slavery poisons race who might otherwise act in good and decent ways. His autobiography focuses primarily on the ill effects slavery has on slaves however, he also acknowledges the damage that enforcing the laws of slavery has on slave holders. Through the use of imagery, Douglass masterfully illustrates the dehuman... ...oppression due to the lack of liberty, education, humanity, or justice. Works Cited Douglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave. The Heath Anthology of Americ an publications. Ed. Paul Lauter. Vol 1. 4th ed. Houghton Mifflin Company refreshed York, 2002. 1817-1880.Franklin, Bruce. Animal Farm Unbound. Frederick Douglasss Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York Chelsea House, 1988. 29-43.Houston phosphate buffer solution Online. Resource Book People and Events Frederick Douglass 1818-1895. http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1539.htmlRexroth, Kenneth. Frederick Douglass. The Elastic Retort Essays in Literature and Ideas. The Continuum, 1973 108-11. Rpt. in Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism. Eds. Laura Lanzen Harris and Sheila Fitzgerald. Vol. 7. Detroit Gale, 1984. 133-34.