While the arguments made by the proslavery have thought to be strong enough to overwhelm the abolitionist theories, those who was abolitionists were able to counter their arguments of their own. Many like Frederick Douglass, did a lot to prove that “paternalistic” slave holders were few and h=far between. Douglass illustrated books that talks about his life experience and what he has seen and know about slavery. He wrote about the harsh conditions, insufficient food, and families that were torn apart when being taken from their natural habitat and being shipped away to be sold to the whites as slaves to work in their plantations. Furthermore, proslavery argued with the idea that religion has slavery since the old time, many argued with the
