Chapters 8, 9, and PART of 10

Chapter 8:
        I felt that this Chapter was extremely sad because when his master and his master's family died all the slaves had to be valued and separated among his master's children. This made Douglas feel like property. I didn't like this because they had no more rank on the scale of being than animals. Douglas states that he is the only one that knows what it is like to have a nice master so the separation is harder on him, but, he is also happy to return to Baltimore. What touched me in the chapter was that his grandmother was a great contribution to he master in Baltimore but when he died she was left to die, alone, without any of her children or grandchildren. The second separation he had was also a tough one but it wasn't as tough as the one he endured in the division of property. He aslo, in this chapter, learn which way he wants to run away to and feels as if this is the most important knowledge he has.

Chapter 9:
        I liked that in chapter nine he can finally give dates. I feel as if him knowing the dates is great knowledge for him because its just another factor that he can use in his escape for when he wants to run away. What i didn't like was that the way he was being treated, he wasn't used to because he hadn't been treated so poorly in over seven years. Another factor that i liked was that although his new master was mean, he lacked the confidence to make his slaves do anything. He wasn't even able to get them to call him master. But this master also had a weird, religious side and whenever he would punish one of his slaves, he would have religious reason for it. Douglas would describe him as his worst master ever.


Chapter 10:
       Chapter ten was a pain to read, but i did enjoy it, for the part that i did read. In this paragraph he got to work as a field hand for the first time in his life. Working in the field, he had to work under all conditions. I didn't like this because it just makes it easier for you to loose slaves. I mean if your going to call them your property you might as well treat them like you treat your house. But the slaves were treated much, much worse. Douglas' only day off was Sunday in which he spent most of his time sleeping. In the chapter he says that he is gonna run away, run away to the North-East. Because of the knowledge he has obtained over the years he knows that the only way he can escape slavery is if he escapes to the North. He also says that his condition was worse during the first  six months with Mr.Covey then the last six. What i liked about this was that he stood up to Mr.Covey and fought him. He won the fight even though Master Hughes helped Mr.Covey. After this Mr.Covey never laid a finger on Fredrick Douglas again.