That cheerful eye, under the influence of slavery, soon became red with rage; that voice, made all of sweet accord, changed to one of harsh and horrid discord; and that angelic face gave place to that of a demon.
In his autobiography, Douglass vividly describes the transformation of his kind mistress into a cruel one under the corrupting influence of slavery.
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Knowledge unfits a child to be a slave.” I instinctively assented to the proposition, and from that moment I understood the direct pathway from slavery to freedom.
But we are not here to applaud manly courage, save as it has been displayed in a noble cause.
It only abolished slavery where it did not exist, and left it intact where it did exist.