How can slave families being separated affect the master and the slaves?

October 16, 2016
In the beginning of "A Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass" he talks a lot about who slaves are separated from their families a a very one age. In the beginning of the book, he talks a lot about how he him being separated from his mom as a young child really affected him. I think that slave masters would do this to try to keep all emotion from their slaves so they could potentially work harder. This could benefit the masters because since the slaves wouldn't have a real emotional connection, they wouldn't be distracted from doing their task. I think this could have really taken a toll on the slaves. It could really make the slaves feel detached or misplaced, almost as if they have no meaning, keeping in mind this is what the slave masters are wanting. In the book, Frederick Douglass talks about how it was hard for him having to grow up like his mother was a stranger to him.