Read this quotation from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
Master . . . was not a humane slaveholder. It required extraordinary barbarity on the part of an overseer to affect him. He was a cruel man, hardened by a long life of slaveholding. He would at times seem to take great pleasure in whipping a slave.
Question
Which sentence best describes Douglass's attitude toward the enslavers?
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He believes the master has been morally corrupted by enslaving people.
He believes the master has been morally corrupted by enslaving people.
He thinks the master is a better man than the overseer.
He thinks the master is a better man than the overseer.
He thinks the overseer dislikes whipping enslaved people.
He thinks the overseer dislikes whipping enslaved people.
He finds that enslavers are devils.
He finds that enslavers are devils.
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