"I saw more clearly than ever the brutalizing effects of slavery upon both the slave and the slaveholder". What did Mr. Douglass mean by saying this? Give evidence from the story.

Douglass frequently used the word "brutalize" in connection with slavery. The term "brutalize" went beyond the common understanding of treating people badly; it became a term of transformation. People would be transformed in acts of brutality. The souls of both the perpetrator and the victim are forever changed through brutal acts. The humanity is sucked out of both of them.