“How ‘The Birth of a Nation’ Silences Black Women” relates to many of the women that are portrayed in “The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”. The film aims to bring to light the nature of rape during slavery and how this fueled Nat Turner’S revolution. It also takes into account that even though Nat Turner may have been the hero, black women weren’t allowed to voice their mistreatments. Frederick Douglass wrote about both white women and of black women and how they differed greatly but also how eerily similar their struggles were. Douglass wrote about the slave master’s wife that had taught him how to read. Once her husband found out, he immediately told her to stop and she would suffer the consequences had she continued. Women were treated as inferior to men regardless of their race during slavery and couldn’t do anything about it. Douglass also wrote about his birth mother and how he was separated from her to ensure his inability to form an attachment to a woman. He wrote about the slaves being used as mere tools for procreation. Douglass also wrote about the hardening effects slavery had a white woman’s soul. They would start out as gentle and caring individuals but would turn into cold-hearted women because they were forced to be evil. Women were treated unjustly and forced to conform to the rules of men. Women were the victims of cruelty and Douglass was aware of this unjust treatment. And in many aspects women are still subjugated to the pressures of men.