Within Frederick Douglas’s book his former life as a slave is laid out and his own dehumanization is traced to its roots within the system of slavery. Broken down the industry and societal practice of the slave trade is analyzed and portrayed from one of its own victims. From birth a child born into slavery is made well aware of their placement in the world; the structure of slavery sets up a normalization of cruelty and violence. What Douglas digs into is not only the affects and destruction of slavery upon African Americans as sufferers but also white Americans as slave owners and their transformation when in coming in contact with the system. The portrayal of Sophia Auld as well as the descriptions of the inner workings pushes forth the idea that slavery corrupts and demoralizes slave owners so that the structure of slavery can …show more content…
By both cutting down and animalizing African Americans as well as normalizing cruelty and encouraging mistreatment for slave owners: the industry of slavery is able to continue without opposition from either