Argumentative Essay: Fredrick Douglass

My topic for this argumentative essay was to create a reasoned argument that demonstrates why slavery is a dehumanizing experience for both the slave and the slave master. My central argument is that i agree that it is dehumanizing to the slaves and the slaveholders. Also, that it is wrong that people thought that it was just a way of life when it really isn't, it is what we would call abuse not a way of life. I can prove that slavery is dehumanizing to slaves becuase they got traded, treated like property, didn't have good living conditions, didn't ever get enough to eat, and they were not provided with the clothes neccessary. I can prove that it is dehumanizing to the slave holder becuase they didn't care if the slaves were in pain, didn't care if they were hungry, didn't care if they did not have enough to eat, and they didn't care if they got seperated from their family. It was like the slaveholders didn't really have a heart they didn't feel any sympathy towards slaves.