Frederick Douglass and Harriet Wilsons Anger toward...

Although many white Northerners proclaimed to support the Abolition of Slavery, all of them did not have a genuine concern for the Blacks. During the Age of Abolitionism, many white Northerners were known for opposing the slavery that still existed in the Southern States of the United States of America, but writers such as Harriet Wilson and Frederick Douglass wrote literary works that exposed the white Christians and abolitionists from the North, who did not treat Blacks as their equals. In Douglass narrative, The Narrative and life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, his autobiography, Douglass revisits his escape from slavery and his first encounter with the white abolitionists. The tone that he uses is similar†¦show more content†¦Not one person in the family pays Frado for her labor, nor raise a concern about the toll that the arduous work takes on her body. Wilson expresses anger through narrating the ways in which the Bellmonts misuse of Frado causes her fai ling health. She narrates, The calls upon Frado were consequently more frequent, her nights less tranquil. Her health was impaired by lifting the sick man and drudgery in the kitchen (81). From assessing the tone in this narration, it is clear that the author displays heated feelings towards this Christian family for not consistently following their faith. She successfully displays her anger towards the white Christian Northerners who ignore the tenets of their religion in order to benefit themselves. Unlike Wilson who attacks Northern white Christians, Douglass, in his narrative, blasts the white Northern abolitionists who were inconsistent in their treatment towards Blacks. He shows this when he recounts the degrading way that the Northern abolitionists refers to him. Douglass states, I was generally introduced as a `chattel-a `thing-a piece of southern property -the chairman assuring the audience that it could speak (217). Douglass tone in the above excerpt illustrates that he is offended by the speech of the abolitionists. The white Northern abolitionists acknowledge the great talent that Douglass has as a