Frederick Douglass And Adam Smith Together
As Frederick Douglass stepped into freedom on September 3rd, 1838, he put into physical motion the theories Adam Smith held about slavery and its role in the economy. Any previous shades of doubt that Douglass had about the stability of the North’s economy was gone when Frederick Douglass witnessed the success of non-slaveholders. In this new free-market environment, Douglass witnessed a change in society; workers were stronger, healthier, happier, and more able to work. In contrast to his life before complete freedom, he witnessed absolute greed and power in his masters—especially Hugh Auld, who allowed him to seek employment, but held most of his wages. Douglass speculated that the mere fact he was receiving some of his wages from his guilty master meant that he should be receiving all of his wages. Upon arrival in New Bedford, Douglass finds the honest economy of the free market to be lacking in the thievery of slaveholders, and the fruits of the laborers are enjoyed by......
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