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Frederick Douglass Slave To Hell
While on the plantation Douglass often wanted to take his own life but, viewing the freedom on the Chesapeake Bay gave him hope of being a freeman one day. While watching the Bay Douglass sees all the ships sailing away while he is “left in the hottest hell of unending slavery(Douglass 82).” Douglass compares being a slave to hell because of the treatment he has received from Mr.Convey. They would call him “the snake(Douglass 70)” which is a reference to The Bible story of Adam and Eve were a serpent tempts Eve into eating the apple. This reference shows that Mr.Covey is the source of trouble for the slaves. Seeing the white sails on the Chesapeake Bay has given him an increase of happiness when he gets free and makes him forget the conditions
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