peck o' corn questions

    

3.       Why wasn’t Frederick Douglas aloud to read?
Fredrick Douglas was black. It's simply how the world felt that blacks should be able to add to society, and since they believed that they couldn't add, there was no need in teaching. More importantly, slaves were not aloud to read in fear that they would become smart enough to see freedom and demand it. Since Fredrick Douglas was a slave, even though he didn't work in the fields most of the time, he was not aloud to be taught to read. p.9

4.       Why were slaves viewed as child like.
Slave owners though of slaves as lazy, irresponsible, and juvenile, which are qualities of children, as to morally justify the enslavement of them. This idea helped the owners to believe that if they hadn't enslaved them, they would just die anyways because they wouldn't be able to take care of themselves. p.4
5.       What is the difference between how southern and northern blacks were treated? In southern society, blacks could be enslaved and be forced to work for no money. In northern society, they couldn't be forced to work for no money, although the odds of a black person finding a well paying job, or any job for the matter was slim to none.