Fatal_Poison

Fatal Poison A Fatal Poison The possession of power is a tainted possession indeed. To have complete power over another human being is arguably one of the worst. “When I went there, she was a pious, warm, tender-hearted woman. There was no suffering for which she had not a tear. She had bread for the hungry, clothes for the naked, and comfort for every mourner that came within her reach.” (Douglass 50) When Fredrick Douglass came to Baltimore, this was his description of his new mistress, Mrs. Hugh, a kind gentle woman who had no ill will towards any human being, including slaves. Her manner was like no other woman Douglass had ever known. Eye contact was something a slave was never allowed with a white person; she allowed it. Slaves were expected to cower in the presence of their masters; she despised it. Douglass had no instruction for this kind of treatment. He had never been treated as a real human by any white person, especially white women, in his whole life. This appearance of equality did not last long however. To this Douglass states, “But alas! this kind heart slave, douglass, life, woman, slaves, being, work, until, man, white, service, power, person, one, mrs, men, master, kind, human, hugh, fatal, farm, came, both, became, another, after, whipped, very, treated, terrible, suffered, states, soon, slavery, short, rights, raised, possession, poison, place, physical, owner, over, out, order, night, never, mistress, mental