Religion's Force in Slave Narratives by Frederick Douglass and William Wells Brown

Essay from the year 2012 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Dortmund, language: English, abstract: In both narratives, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass, and Narrative of William Wells Brown, a Fugitive Slave by William Wells Brown, religion has a predominantly negative impact: it justifi...