Frederick Douglass Victimization In The Crucible

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I think the character who was the most victimized out of this unit would have to be Frederick Douglass. Frederick was a slave who was sent to a slave breaker, Mr. Covey. “Mr. Covey succeeded in breaking me. I was broken in body, soul, and spirit.” Frederick was beat very often usually for a weak reasoning, “My awkwardness was almost always his excuse for whipping me.” I think the character who won the greatest victory out of this unit would have to be Collins of A Company from “Mystery of Heroism”. Collins was in need of a drink of water, “Thunder, I wisht i had a drink. Ain’t there any water round her?”. He risked his like to go out to the well and get water for himself and the other soldiers. Collins dodged explosions, got the water, and

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