[Retain Mike]

In regard to #4, I still remember the sense of what Fredrick Douglas said about slavery. He believed the moral damage done to people’s souls was as great with the slave owner as the slave. Few could hope to survive that level of dominance over other humans without committing regrettable, unspeakable acts.

[wagglebee]

I believe that the moral damage done to the slave owner was actually GREATER than that done to the slave in most cases. Certainly their were truly evil slave owners, but there is a lot of evidence that many slave owners had a difficult reconciling slavery with their own consciences.