11 Dec In writing about The Heroic Slave, critic Richard Yarborough notes, “Black men were viewed as unmanly and otherwise inferior because they were enslaved; at the same time, they were often viewed as beasts and otherwise inferior if they rebelled violently

In writing about The Heroic Slave, critic Richard Yarborough notes, “Black men were viewed as unmanly and otherwise inferior because they were enslaved; at the same time, they were often viewed as beasts and otherwise inferior if they rebelled violently.” Keeping in mind the (largely female) audience for whom Douglass produced the novel, we see that Madison is a man who is also capable of deep and tender emotion.

Write a one to one-and-a-half (1-1.5) page paper with a clear thesis statement, body paragraphs, one or two direct quotes from the novel, The Heroic Slave, and a clear conclusion in which you analyze how Frederick Douglass may have been able to circumvent this negative representation of black men’s masculinity (as beastly) through his fictional portrayal of Madison Washington.