Absolute_Power

Absolute Power Absolute Power' “…slavery can change a saint into a sinner,” (Douglass, pg 142). The question is can that really be true' Could the power behind slavery be that corruptive' In My Bondage and My Freedom Fredrick Douglass makes the claim that slavery can be just as bad for the slave-owner as it is for the slave. Realizing that the physical torments were no where near same Douglass examines the mental turmoil’s that were experienced by the slaveholders. But what does that have to do with power' Douglass claims that this anguish on the slaveholders was brought on by slavery and the power it contains. This power was so strong that it could turn any kind hearted person into a cold uncaring human being. However, Douglass seems to neglect the idea of human nature, he looks only at the idea of how the power uses the people instead of how people use the power. It is not power that makes a person bad but it is a person that can tarnish and abuse a power. Fredrick Douglass uses his first master to support his claim. Describing his constant unhappy state; with staggered movements douglass, power, people, just, sophia, slaves, slavery, miss, kind, god, been, time, slave, seemed, very, even, different, behind, because, world, slaveholders, really, read, person, owners, much, husbands, husband, controlled, bad, women, while, wasn’t, strong, same