Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result
Because the Asian people was defeated a lot of Europeans people.
It was mainly due to the Barbarian invasion of Western Europe. The western zone of the Roman Empire collapsed. A new system began to devlop: the Feudal System. The eastern part of the Empire lasted until 1453.
So they could mainstain a stronger colonie and become a better empire
Douglass sees freedom everywhere and roused his "soul to eternal wakefulness". He still, however, remained enslaved.