My Reaction to Chapter 1 of "The Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas"

I found chapter one of "The Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas" very disturbing. The first couple paragraphs were about his background, his name, his age, his parents, and all that stuff. Then Fredrick Douglas goes more into detail about what happened on the plantation. He talked of the plantation owner and his personality. The worst part was when he talked about the punishments that people went through. The whip lashings were horrendous and plain horrible about what people did. What was the worst about the chapter was when he talked about the overseer Mr. Plummer. I strongly disliked how Mr. Plummer would whip slaves until they bled, and also disliked how he would enjoy the whipping of a person on their backs. I really disliked how they treated slaves as well. Slaves are humans as well as any white man, some of those slaves could of created a cure for cancer. They could of also sloved something else if they weren't slaves. On a lighter note, he said ow his mom would sneak off the plantation to see him. It takes serious dedication to sneak off a plantation, knowing you could be shot any minute.