s are treated much like animals. Their food is put into a trough and when called, "... like so many pigs they would come and devour the mush... " (72). In each of these instances, Douglass makes it clear to the reader that the slave owners nurtured their slaves in the same manner that they would an animal.
             The slave owner's disciplinary actions toward their slaves are even worse than the way they are cared for. An overseer is hired by the master in order to watch over the slaves and ensure they are doing their jobs. The overseers are very cruel men who often take pleasure in whipping the slaves (55). Mr. Severe is one such overseer. From morning until night he severely beats the slaves in the field (56). Mr. Plummer is another brutal overseer. He beats the slaves so badly that even the master is offended (50). Because
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