“You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.”

In chapter nine, Douglass begins to talk in more detail about Thomas Auld. Because Auld was not born owning slaves he tries to immolate what he thinks a slave master should be. In out of his frustration of not knowing how to be a “slave master”, Thomas becomes very cruel to the slaves that he now owns. Also Douglass discusses the irony between slave masters and their relationship to Christianity. ( A  manner of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitudes, etc., esp. as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion.) Douglass writes that after Auld’s Christian conversion that he becomes even crueler to the slaves. Also Douglass discusses the notion of true and false Christians. He writes that the Christian community embraces Auld because his slave labor was benefiting them as well. But, also describes other members of this community that had sympathy for slaves. Another person that Douglass discusses that is a “false” Christian is Covey. The reader learns that Covey has forced a slave woman to have an affair with him. But, tries to cover up these acts by doing “Christianly Deeds”. The slaves refer to him as a snake, which is a direct reference to Satan. (a mention; allusion) The climax of this story is Douglass’s fight with Covey. (A decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot.) My favorite quote from this part book is during this fight. “You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.” Douglass statement is so powerful. Douglass is one step closer to freedom.