Regarding the issue of whiteness, both Douglass and Jacobs agree upon the fact that slavery is a power that corrupts even the most angelic white person and that it is a curse for both blacks and whites. ... That cheerful eye, under the influence of slavery, soon became red with rage; that voice, made all of sweet accord, changed to one of harsh and horrid discord; and that angelic face gave place to that of a demon"( Italics mine, Douglass 324), and "Slavery soon proved its ability to divest her of these heavenly qualities. ...

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