rising and this in turn makes him punish you even more brutally. I don’t believe its freedom to read. If I was a slave I would be so depressed I think I’d give up and let myself die, I mean it can only get better from here right? Douglass had a pair and tried to show everyone that although he was a darker shade he could and would make a difference.The south was majorly two faced or as you put it “bipolar”. One side of the South’s face was primped with blush and covered in heavenly smelling perfume, flashing a warm welcoming smile and offering lovely gestures such as a huge meal and a little Southern Komfort. On the other side was a twisted, horrific picture discolored by the bruises of many and fouled by the stench of the deceased, smirking with black and/or missing teeth and the only offerings to be had by this atrocity was a lashing and if you were lucky, a “blanket”. Complete Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde syndrome. These productions clashed on a colossal scale yet I don’t recognize it as a all-out battle to the death it seemed more like a “don’t ask, don’t tell” kind of deal. People knew what was taking place but were either too proud, scared, arrogant or ignorant to care and to right their wrongs. The Civil war was to me a terrific display of courage on each side, perhaps the South didn’t know any better or the North was sticking their nose into something they shouldn’t have. No each one had its cause and the correct one came out victorious. Like I stated earlier, the reason these actions against blacks were not brought to light was because people didn’t want to revel in it’s disgusting-ness; it was a darkness that no lamp could dispel. Slavery was a siege on some peoples values and a profit in others pocketbooks, anyone with a pulse it would seem should be repelled by it’s deviance to “love one another”. But to others it was...
