Slavery has always been a historical fact that has impacted me, and makes me think about how crazy humanity can be. I look at slavery as if it was fiction but what is sad about it is that it was real. After reading the first two chapters of the "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas an American Slave" I remembered how sick slavery made me feel due to its inhumane acts.
Something that I cant stand is torture, it makes me feel sick, and when I was reading the part of how Douglas's first master, Captain Anthony whipped his aunt "till she was literally covered in blood... the louder she screamed, the harder he whipped", (p21) I felt as if my blood was boiling with anger. How could this have been possible? How was a person able to do such a mad act? That's when I remembered the time when I was around 10 years old, entering my grandmother's room and she was watching "La Esclava Isaura". The moment I walked in, I saw the master of Isaura whipping her so hard that she screamed louder and louder and her back, as Douglas said was covered with blood. I hated watching this scene but there was something that made me continue watching, it was something so out of the ordinary, so cruel and horrifying that it got me hooked. And from that moment on, although slavery is one of the things I hate most about the history of man kind it interests me because I cant understand how human kind was able to do this. But what interests me the most is to know the slaves perspective during this time, so I am very lucky that with this narrative I will be able to learn more about it!
Something that I cant stand is torture, it makes me feel sick, and when I was reading the part of how Douglas's first master, Captain Anthony whipped his aunt "till she was literally covered in blood... the louder she screamed, the harder he whipped", (p21) I felt as if my blood was boiling with anger. How could this have been possible? How was a person able to do such a mad act? That's when I remembered the time when I was around 10 years old, entering my grandmother's room and she was watching "La Esclava Isaura". The moment I walked in, I saw the master of Isaura whipping her so hard that she screamed louder and louder and her back, as Douglas said was covered with blood. I hated watching this scene but there was something that made me continue watching, it was something so out of the ordinary, so cruel and horrifying that it got me hooked. And from that moment on, although slavery is one of the things I hate most about the history of man kind it interests me because I cant understand how human kind was able to do this. But what interests me the most is to know the slaves perspective during this time, so I am very lucky that with this narrative I will be able to learn more about it! 
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