Question

Part A Which statement is a central idea in Chapter 6 of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass? Enslaved people struggle to see kindness in their slaveholders. Slavery negatively affects the lives of both enslaved people and slaveholders. Education is often provided to enslaved people by the women of the house. If enslaved people follow orders without question, they are treated well. Question 2 Part B Which two statements from the text best support the answer in Part A? “And of all the mangled and emaciated creatures I ever looked upon, these two were the most so. His heart must be harder than stone, that could look upon these unmoved.” “That cheerful eye, under the influence of slavery, soon became red with rage; that voice, made all of sweet accord, changed to one of harsh and horrid discord.” "Under its influence, the tender heart became stone, and the lamblike disposition gave way to one of tiger-like fierceness." “It was a new and special revelation, explaining dark and mysterious things, with which my youthful understanding had struggled, but struggled in vain.” “Few are willing to incur the odium attaching to the reputation of being a cruel master; and above all things, they would not be known as not giving a slave enough to eat.”

Answer 1

Part A: Slavery negatively affects the lives of both enslaved people and slaveholders.

Part B: “That cheerful eye, under the influence of slavery, soon became red with rage; that voice, made all of sweet accord, changed to one of harsh and horrid discord.” and "Under its influence, the tender heart became stone, and the lamblike disposition gave way to one of tiger-like fierceness."

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Answer 2

Part A: Slavery negatively affects the lives of both enslaved people and slaveholders.

Part B: “That cheerful eye, under the influence of slavery, soon became red with rage; that voice, made all of sweet accord, changed to one of harsh and horrid discord.”

Step-by-step explanation:

In chapter 6 of "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass", the author tells us that he was sent to a very sweet, cheerful and sympathetic lady with the slaves. She never had any slaves and treated everyone kindly. However, the author reinforces that slavery is a system of inequality and abuse of power and although the woman was good and gentle with the slaves, she was inserted in this system of slavery that caused harm to everyone, whites and blacks. Soon, the accumulation of power in her hands, modified her and transformed her into a razinous, malicious and violent human being, as all slave owners were.

In short, the author shows how slavery is bad and limits and diminishes blacks, but it is also bad at taking goodness and humanity out of the hearts of whites.