Need plz 98 points you will write two well-developed paragraphs. each paragraph should be at least 7-8 sentences long. in your first paragraph, provide evidence from the text of narrative of the life of frederick douglass that supports this main idea: a slave is no better than an animal. clearly explain how the evidence you found supports the main idea. in your second paragraph, provide evidence from the text of narrative of the life of frederick douglass that supports this main idea: hypocrisy in religion is used to justify slavery. clearly explain how the evidence you found supports the main idea.

A lot of people believed or were forced to believe slaves were the lowest class and slavery was natural and good for them. They were believed to not be capable of being a part of society. Because they were not believed to be capable, they were not taught to read or write. They were basically believed to be lower than animals, so in most cases, they were treated like or worse than animals.  

Because Ham looked on his father Abraham's naked body, he was forced to be a slave to his brothers. He was also cursed. God said that him and all of his descendants would have a hard life and be enslaved. People were often named for physical and/or emotional qualities then. Since Ham means 'dark' or 'black', I guess you could say that God cursed black people. (that comes out really straightforward and a bit angry, but i couldn't find another way to put it.)

chapter i -- paris: september, 1792

a surging, seething, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name, for to the eye and ear they seem naught but savage creatures, animated by vile passions and by the lust of vengeance and of hate.

during the greater part of the day the guillotine had been kept busy at its ghastly work: all that france had boasted of in the past centuries, of ancient names, and blue blood, had paid toll to her desire for liberty and for fraternity.

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