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newton the Statesn Slavery vs. Latin American Slavery A Comparative Look at Frederick Douglass and Juan Francisco ManzanoWhen we assess the evils of break ones backry, we typically think of the North American slaves plight. We think of the beatings, murders, hangings and mis intervention of the Southern slave. But what almost the slaves of Latin America? Who hears their cries of woe because of their evil slave masters? Is their treatment the same of their brethren under slave rule in North America? In order to answer these questions, it is necessary to look into the lives of both(prenominal) North and Latin American slaves. For our purposes, we provide utilize two slave narratives. wholeness account will come from the North American slave, Frederick Douglass, and his Narrative of the manners of Frederick Douglass. The other account will come from the narrative Autobiography of a Slave by the Cuban slave Juan Francisco Manzano. In analyzing these two slave narratives, we will c ompare the childhood, slave communities, slave/master relations, and literature of both Douglass and Manzano. By taking a comparative look at Frederick Douglass and Juan Francisco Manzano we will be able to hear the voices of the slaves and understand their plight. Childhood Childhood is a period of maturation when our personalities begin to develop into the type of individuals we will lastly become. This is a crucial time where our identities are forming based upon how we are hardened by those around us. +If a child is often handled as a burden that individual will take on a controvert persona. In the case of children living under the dark hands of slavery, it was insurmountable to have a normal childhood. A slaves parents were always off conducting arduous tasks, or they were sold away... ...at to the Slave of the Fourth of July?, thus positioning himself as an activist and a spokesperson. Douglass went on to publish two more narratives, My slaveholding and My Freedom in 18 55, and The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass in 1881. In mingled with the time when he was writing his other autobiographies, Douglass worked for the cutting National Era, a weekly newspaper in Washington D.C. Aside from his writing accomplishments, Douglass became a key figure in the abolitionist and the equal rights movements. He was adore as a speaker, author and statesman. Works CitedDouglass, Frederick. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. New York Penguin Group, 1987.Manzano, Juan Francisco. Autobiography of a Slave. Detroit Wayn State University Press, 1996.Wilson, Ruth. Latin America Speaks. http//130.132.143.21/ynhti/curriculum/units/1990/1/90.01.04.x.html