What does Mandela mean when he says for to be free is not merely to cast off ones chains but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others ?

It means to be free and to let others also be free by respecting the differences in many aspects that we have.

Explanation:

What Mandela means, is that we can not be free if we do not let the other be free too, that is to say, that we have to respect each other above our differences and try to enhance our collective freedom to live a better life.

This is what Mandela did when he became president of South Africa by not punishing the ones that made him and his community suffer, instead he tried to free all the inhabitants of South Africa and taught them to respect each other and their differences to live a happier life without resentfulness.

        its hard for some people to get along and that’s the case for douglass and canot. most of the time when people do not agree with each other its because they have different presperctives, and that is the case here.

captain canot was never a slave so but he was a slaver and a slave ship captain and just like the slave master's he tought it was it was totally normal, he used captain conot is a cruel man who enjoys whipping slaves but never   got whipped he saw it has a destiny for the slave to be a slave and the slaver to be a slaver   but douglass has suffered whoppings cut   even for no reason sometimes. douglass believed that slavery was not natural to black people, they need to study and learn how to read and write. he knew they have rights.

it was really not the captain’s fault he was just brainwashed by the system and when your brainwashed by the system its hard not to be brainwashed. but the reason douglass wants this is because he has suffered he knows how it feels and will do anything to stop that.

its english as a dog

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