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Douglass uses language to emphasize the enslavers as inhuman victimizers and the enslaved as innocent victims. He uses the following to describe the overseer and chief enslaver: “savage monster,” “miserable drunkard,” “profane swearer,” “iron heart,” etc.
12 lip 2018 · People have long believed that the symbols used in quilts of the South during slavery were actually used as secret messages for slaves escaping on the Underground Railroad. Come and learn the meaning of the blocks said to have lent the slaves a helping hand to freedom.
The Drunkard's Progress (1846) by Nathaniel Currier warns that moderate drinking may lead to suicide step-by-step. The temperance movement is a social movement promoting temperance or complete abstinence from consumption of alcoholic beverages.
Douglass presents examples that show how slavery stole the joy from slaves and made them nearly incapable of happiness: I have often sung to drown my sorrow, but seldom to express my happiness.
Inspired by the cautionary engravings “A Harlot’s Progress” and “A Rake’s Progress” by the English artist William Hogarth (1697–1764), “The Drunkard’s Progress” shows four scenes of an alcoholic’s path to ruin: “The Morning Dram,” “The Grog Shop,” “The Confirmed Drunkard,” and “Concluding Scene.”
The Drunkard reflects 19th-century societal attitudes towards alcoholism by portraying it as a moral failing that leads to personal ruin. The play's narrative follows a character whose descent into drunkenness serves as a cautionary tale, emphasizing the need for moral integrity and the dangers posed by alcohol.
This political cartoon from 1846 showed the progress of an individual from taking one drink to a slide into alcoholism and ruin. Transcript of "The Drunkard's Progress".
