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Life and Times of Fredrick Douglas
Title: Life and Times of Fredrick Douglas
Category: Society & Culture / People
Details: Words: 726 | Pages: 3.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Life and Times of Fredrick Douglas
In both of the writings by Douglass and Stowe, the question is raised concerning the existence of God. On page 1790 while watching the sails of the ships on Chesapeake Bay Douglass cries out for God to save him and grant him freedom and then states, "Is there any God?" On pages 2330 in response to Mr. Wison's suggestion to trust in the Lord, George replies, "Is there a God to trust in?…There's a God for …showed first 75 words of 726 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 726 total…Christ", but "hated" the other. Face with only these two options, it would not be hard to conclude that the God of the slaveholders did NOT exist for the slave. What slave in his right mind would want such a God? Certainly not Douglass or Stowe or literally millions of Americans since. I hope that same spirit will be rejected by a generation of "religonists" that still worship God and make allowances for their prejudices.
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