“Mr.Fore then, without consultation or deliberation with any one, not even giving Demby an additional call, raised his musket to his face, taking deadly aim at his standing victim, and in an instant poor Demby was no more, his mangled body sank out of sight, and blood and brains marked the water where he had stood.” — Chapter V

Douglass described Demby’s death very clear, and this part makes me feel sad. Mr. Fore didn’t give an additional call for Demby, it reflects their life that they can’t bargain with the master. Also, the master didn’t care about their feeling. “His mangled body sank out of sight, and blood and brains marked the water where he had stood.” I can image this part from his description. A poor slave was stand in the water, and he tried to get more time in the water, but the master was cruel, he wanted his slave back to work as soon as possible. Slaves have no rights to speak, and they have to suffer the pain and whip.

Although this is only a small fragments about a slave, but it really impressed me. Slaves could not help each other, though their companions died, they feel fear and they could not resist. Slaves and the master have different class and identity, but both of them are human. The master didn’t treat slave’s life as the same with them. The master treats their slaves like animals, and if animals against their orders and they can kill them.

I think the description of this part was very dismal  and his death deeply engraved on Douglas’s mind like a picture. At the same time, I  can felt the despair and fear of salves.