26 POINTS ! Read this excerpt from The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
[Mrs. Auld) had bread for the hungry, clothes for the
naked, and comfort for every mourner that came within
her reach. Slavery soon proved its ability to divest her
of these heavenly qualities. Under its influence, the
tender heart became stone, and the lamblike
disposition gave way to one of tiger-like fierceness. The
first step in her downward course was in her ceasing to
instruct me
The reader can infer that being a slaveholder made
Mrs. Auld
O more fierce about protecting enslaved people.
less concerned about helping enslaved people.
more gentle when teaching enslaved people.
less religious than most enslaved people.