In Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, what was the effect of the "valuation of property" on Douglass? It gave him the courage to finally run away to the North. It made him realize how worthy he was to his master. It made him feel degraded and disgusted with slavery. It resulted in his move from Baltimore to the country.

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Haiden Ramsey

14 December, 05:51

In Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, what was the effect of the "valuation of property" on Douglass? It gave him the courage to finally run away to the North. It made him realize how worthy he was to his master. It made him feel degraded and disgusted with slavery. It resulted in his move from Baltimore to the country.

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It made him feel degraded and disgusted with slavery.

Explanation:

In Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass after the death of Frederick's master, the master's property was to be divided between his two children. Therefore all the property were gathered to be valued, and Frederick together with his fellow slaves being considered "property", they were gathered to undergo the valuation too.

Being ranked among pigs and horses, and being subjected to the same thorough examination during the valuation made Frederick feel degraded, he saw how dispensable and utterly without free will the slaves are. That made him feel increasingly disgusted with his slave status.