The first difference between their viewpoints was that Frederick Douglass was a slave. Quite the contrary, Captain Canot was a slaveowner. Therefore, Douglass was against slavery, while Captain Canot was for it. One quote from Canot’s autobiography stated, “As I am now fairly embarked in a trade which absorbed so many of my most vigorous years, I suppose the reader will not be loth to learn a little of my experience in the alleged ‘cruelties’ of this commerce.” This shows that Canot didn’t think slave trading was cruel. The second thing that I wanted to point out was that Frederick Douglass believed in Christianity, while Captain Canot had no religion. Douglass states in his book, “Between the Christianity of this land and the Christianity
