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From Douglass's account of slavery, a picture emerges of a psychological battle between slaves and slaveowners with each side wielding the "weapons" at their disposal, whether those weapons were actual weapons, e.g. an overseer's whip, or simply psychological weapons. Choose several examples from the Narrative that illustrate/compare the weapons wielded by the slaveowner, whether figurative or real, with the "weapons" wielded by the slave, that is, by Douglass himself. In other words, show/explain/analyze how Douglass tried to retain his humanity and identity while held captive in a system that defined him as property.