Summary: The Dehumanization Of Slaves

In the narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass Slave, an American Slave, by Frederick Douglass slave owners rely on the dehumanization of slaves and revoke fundamental human rights in order to prevent slaves from rebelling which in turn allows the institution of slavery to continue. In order for the institution of slavery to continue all of the following participants need to perform their assigned roles. Traditionally, the slave master using violence and poor treatment to get his slave to obey his orders and as a result the slave obeys his master’s orders. However, when a slave does not perform his role and starts to rebel this threatens the authority of the master and weakens his role. When a slave rebels this poses great conflict