What are the cultural aspects discussed in A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?

provides the reader with an in-depth look at the life of an African American slave. Douglass
shares the horrors and struggles of slavery from the perspective of a slave in order to disprove
certain myths white people had concerning slavery and also to expose slavery as a dehumanizing,
immoral institution. Douglass gives insight into the constant fear slaves face on an everyday
basis and also chronicles the numerous crimes committed against slaves, which included murder
and rape. Douglass also provides insight into the differences between being a slave in the city
and being a slave on the plantations. In Douglass's experience, nothing could compare to the
horrors he witnessed on the Southern plantations, where slaveowners were unashamed to treat
their slaves like animals.

Douglass also provides insight into the nature
and lives of slaveowners. Douglass illustrates how the immoral institution of slavery negatively
affects the slaveowners, turning them into callous,...