The following three lines indicate that all human beings are equal in the poet's eyes:
I am the poet of the woman the same as the man <em>(poet of both)</em>
And I say it is as great to be a woman as to be a man, (it is great to be both)
And I say there is nothing greater than the mother of men.
It is clear the use of comparisons of equality in the previous sentences from the poem of Walt Whitman.
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The colonists' righteous anger toward the monarchy.
#1) How are they similar to "the slaves of political parties"?
Answer: Slaves wanted to be trusted by their overseers because this often would grant them privileges that other slaves did not have.
#2) Why does Douglass make this comparison?
Answer: Slaves would seek with great care to please their overseers to gain their trust, just as office-seekers in the political parties seek to please and deceive the people.
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