Both Uses of
benevolent
in
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- Finally, my benevolent master, to use his own words, "set her adrift to take care of herself."
Chpt 9 *benevolent = kind and generous
- They are professedly a custom established by the benevolence of the slaveholders; but I undertake to say, it is the result of selfishness, and one of the grossest frauds committed upon the down-trodden slave.†
Chpt 10benevolence = kindness and goodwill
Definition:
kind, generous, or charitable