Before Douglass realised he was willing to change, he had suffered from unconceivable cruelty in many occasions, which marked him and made him a slave. Slavery stole his humanity from the very first moment he was born. As it has been exposed before, he was separated from his mother at a very early age, causing Douglass to lose the familiar affection and closeness. Moreover, he was also a witness of the brutal abuse his aunt Hester suffered from their master. In addition, not only did he witness all the whippings, but he also suffered from countless whippings himself. The act of whipping was used both to punish the slaves and to show that the …show more content…
However, this transition from man to slave was not completed in the case of the author, and this is thanks to all the events or moments previous to his realisation that he was no longer going to be part of that business. Those moments are illustrated in the narrative, and they show the way they have affected and the influence they have had on the outcome of Douglass’ life. As these events or moments encouraged the author, he managed to make a step forward towards the status that all men should have on the United States: to be a free man. This work allowed Frederick Douglass to exhibit and condemn the situation to the whole nation. In addition, it was a clear example that the transformation was both possible and needed, since slaves were not the only ones affected by the situation, but masters as