Ihave no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. by far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves ignorant. why does douglass compare slaves to horses in this excerpt from narrative of the life of frederick douglass, an american slave?

To show how dehumanizing slavery was.

Explanation:

Douglass compares slaves to horses in this passage. He tells us that slaves were kept ignorant about the most important elements and events of their lives, including their age. This was a method of control that the slave owners used. The description is intended to show how dehumanizing slavery was, and how slaves were considered to be no better than animals.

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