became so sick and low that I was not able to eat, nor had I the least desire totaste any thing. I now wished for the last friend, Death, to relieve me; but soon, to my grief, two of the white menoffered me eatables; and on my refusing to eat, one of them held me fast by the hands, and laid me across, I think,the windlass, and tied my feet, while the other flogged [beat] me severely.
I think it is hard to put yourself into perspectives as extreme as these, especially when the only way out of any emotional and physical trauma is simply death. This statement has this strong and deep turn as the individual expresses the hatred and somewhat hate crimes committed by two men that do not share the same skin complexion. It is just such a raw emotion.