Deep satisfaction experiencing slavery quote by fredrick douglass?

"He only can understand the deep satisfaction which I experienced, who has himself repelled by force the bloody arm of slavery."





is it true that only a “deep satisfaction” or better yet, a true understanding can come from actually going through something as horrific as slavery, or do you think that through reading about someone as brave and great as Fredrick Douglass brings us insight?

Deep satisfaction experiencing slavery quote by fredrick douglass?
no, we can gain insight, but actually experiencing it is what makes the experience meaningful.
Reply:it depends on how much u can relate to it, or how much can u understand...
Reply:I suppose it would depend on the author's ability to involve you in the narrative.


Vicarious experience isn't the real thing.


Through empathy one can attempt to project themselves into a situation totally foreign to you.


Religious people try to experience Hell through vivid descriptive means but can anyone ever truly experience it?


The modern equivalent would be the guilt white people suffer associated with reading about the past sins of slavery.


Black people use the modern legal society to subject their own emotions to what ancestors must have experienced. But is it true?
Reply:Yes, people, particularly those in England, couldn't believe that Fredrick Douglass was born a slave, because he was so eloquent an orator. His appreciation of learning was demonstrated by bribing his white playmates to help him learn his "ABCs" because teaching a slave to read and write was strictly forbidden in southern society. But learn he did, and it was at that point, he understood the concept of freedom and later "stole" himself out of slavery.
Reply:Your question needs a prospective.


Yes, one can only describe an ordeal in emotional detail if


one goes through it personally.


However, since I don't expect you to be a slave, of the kind


Mr. Douglas describes in his writings, you are the beneficiary


of his experiences, his knowledge, and insight about the


slavery issues that this country experienced.


That's why he wrote about it.


He wrote about it so that the whole world could be informed


as to the aspects of being a slave. People before you,


and after you will continue to learn from his legacy....and


yes, reading about his life's experiences, or any other's


for that matter, does bring you insight about the subject


without having to personally experience it youself.


You can only imagine what it must've been like.


Knowing that, only makes you feel afraid.


You don't want it to happen to you or anyone else!


That's why, if you, or anyone you know of, is going


through this (nowadays it's called emotional abuse),


say something!


Hope that helps.
Reply:Who cares. Worry about your own race; cast no further sympathy on those who yet bay, but are far from its experience in their own cases.
Reply:ok so I am guessing that this is an opinion question.


In my opinion, when you experience something and are satisfied, no one else can feel the same satisfaction as you do, no one else can rejoice to the fullest extent as you do until they experience it themselves.


However, it is possible that someone may understand your pain. In most cases, they can only show you empathy, but it is highly probable that someone else can understand that you have been through pain.