There is still slavery to this day but in different forms. There are differences and similarities between Frederick Douglass’ life and Shyima Hall’s experiences as slaves.
What being a slave was like for Frederick Douglass: He never had a normal childhood. As a slave, he was not allowed to read, write or even know his own age. He has been separated from his mother, and has witnessed violent beatings on other slaves (including his Aunt Hester) from his plantation owners. What being a slave was like for Shyima Hall: she was poor, but loved her family members very much despite the poverty, but her parents sold her to the Ishmael family and had to cook, clean, and wash laundry for the Ishmael family, as well as going through verbal and emotional abuse from the kids and wife. But it was unconfirmed that she was beaten like what Frederick Douglass went through.…show more content… When Frederick Douglass was an infant, he was separated from his mother, and rarely saw her, and when he did meet her, it was usually at night for a short amount of time before never seeing her again. This shows that he and her didn’t have a healthy or strong bond because of their encounters with each other. Shyima’s family sold her to the Ishmael so she could go to America and work to pay for her family’s debts to the Ishmaels. Unlike Frederick Douglass, Shyima had a good bond with her family before her parents sold her and loved her parents and siblings very
