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It was hard for me to differentiate whether or not he was telling a tale or a story. Because he didn't want to name the town, was it because of a bad thing that really happened. Or did he just not remember or something? His behavior is a bit strange.
OnedayIwentoverwithmywife,toshowhertheplace.Wedrovebetweenthedecayedgate-posts—thegateitselfhadlong sincedisappeared—andupthestraight,sandylanetotheopenspacewhereadwelling-househadoncestood.Butthehousehadfallenavictimtothefortunesofwar,andnothing remainedofitexceptthebrickpillarsuponwhichthesillshadrested.
He saw more beauty in this house than how he described it. Because he made it seem old and run down with vines and needs a little fixing. But no, apparently it needed a lot of fixing.
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He used this word so much to refer to himself and other people, that it began to make me uncomfortable. Like did he really see himself like this or is just how they talked?
However, i think African American people are very close to church and God because that was the only one who could truly free them from this situation. They knew to lean towards him and put their faith in him because if he freed people before he could free them as well. So while white people were trying to keep them under mind control they could go to church and be together and figure out just how they could get out of this predicament and hold on one another together to get through it.
n song and exhortation swelled one refrain--Liberty; in his tears and curses the God he implored had Freedom in his right hand. At last it came,--suddenly, fearfully, like a dream. With one wild carnival of blood and passion came the message in his own plaintive cadences:-- "Shout, O children! Shout, you're free! For God has bought your liberty!" Years have passed away since then,--ten, twenty, forty; forty years of national life, forty years of renewal and development, and yet the swarthy spectre sits in its accustomed seat at the Nation's feast. In vain do we cry to this our vastest social problem:-- "Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble!" The Nation has not yet found peace from its sins; the freedman has not yet found in freedom his promised land. Whatever of good may have come in these years of change, the shadow of a deep disappointment rests upon the Negro people,--a disappointment all the more bitter because the unattained ideal was unbounded save by the simple ignorance of a lowly people.
In this part, it seems he is saying the Lord once freed his people and took them to the promise land. But for some reason he has not came through and did the same for them. Right here it's like he's contradicting himself and doesn't know whether or not to trust God or not.
The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife,--this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, for merge his double self into a better and truer self. In this merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost. He would not Africanize America; for America has too much to teach the world and Africa. He would not bleach his Negro soul in a flood of white Americanism, for he knows that Negro blood has a message for the world. He simply wishes to make it possible for a man to be both a Negro and an American, without being cursed and spit upon by his fellows, without having the doors of Opportunity closed roughly in his face.
Basically our history shows that we have strength and courage beyond the white people. And because of this they wont lose what culture, strength and upbringing they have just because of America and what it has done to them.
In slave times the Negro was kept subservient and submissive by the frequency and severity of the scourging, but, with freedom, a new system of intimidation came into vogue; the Negro was not only whipped and scourged; he was killed.
This was somewhat a turning point into making them scared to walk the streets at night.This behavior from white men was inhumane.
The slave was rarely killed, he was too valuable; it was easier and quite as effective, for discipline or revenge, to sell him "Down South."
Using terrorism to scare them into thinking they could be killed, but they didn't want to necessarily kill them because it took away to much money so they would rather profit from it.
It was always a remarkable feature in these insurrections and riots that only Negroes were killed during the rioting, and that all the white men escaped unharmed.
She included statistics to show how many people were killed but not many if any were convicted.
Appealing cries, yearning only to go There in that holocaust of hell, those fields of woe— But—I must sit and sew.
The slaves appeared to be crying in the fields heart broken and tired of dealing with the treatment they have been given and she knows it, but she has to pretend she doesn't hear it and that it does not bother her so she sits and sews.
Pitifully calling me
The overall feel of this poem makes her seem very sad about something, but she never directly comes out and says it she just alludes to it.
I sit and sew—my heart aches with desire— That pageant terrible, that fiercely pouring fire On wasted fields, and writhing grotesque things
She just sits an sews while things are taking place around her. Such as a silent war between whites and blacks
The greater part of the music here presented has been taken down by the editors from the lips of the colored people themselves; when we have obtained it from other sources, we have given credit in the table of contents. The largest and most accurate single collection in existence is probably that made by Mr. Charles P. Ware, chiefly at Coffin's Point, St. Helena Island. We have thought it best to give this collection in its entirety, as the basis of the present wo
How can you take note of the songs and write them down to make sure they are still collected and sung generations later if they struggled with reading and writing. Can't record something that you can only speak without a recorder being invented during that time. So keeping that music was very hard to pass from generation to generation.
In other parts of the South, "fiddle-sings," "devil-songs," "corn-songs," "jig-tunes," and what not, are common; all the world knows the banjo, and the "Jim Crow" songs of thirty years ago.
These were popular songs I often heard growing up and just hearing them at a young age also brought about unity.
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Yes the songs create unity by having something African American's can come together as one.
Recollect, I was eighteen years of age, was a woman fully developed, and yet this man coolly bade me take down my dress. I drew myself up proudly, firmly, and said: "No, Mr. Bingham, I shall not take down my dress before you. Moreover, you shall not whip me unless you prove the stronger. Nobody has a right to whip me but my own master, and nobody shall do so if I can prevent it."
This is a sense of control. Of taking back your body somebody else tried to take away from you. Very powerful moment.
was born a slave--was the child of slave parents--therefore I came upon the earth free in God-like thought, but fettered in action.
So, she knew from the beginning that she was free at birth until things changed around her so suddenly and she was put into a category that stripped away freedom.
They gloated over many a tale of scandal that grew out of gossip in their own circle. If these ladies, could say everything bad of the wife of the President, why should I not be permitted to lay her secret history bare, especially when that history plainly shows that her life, like all lives, has its good side as well as its bad side! None of us are perfect, for which reason we should heed the voice of charity when it whispers in our ears, "Do not magnify the imperfections of others." Had Mrs. Lincoln's acts never become public property, I should not have published to the world the secret chapters of her life. I am not the special champion of the widow of our lamented President; the reader of the pages which follow will discover that I have written with the utmost frankness in regard to her--have exposed her faults as well as given her credit for honest motives. I wish the world to judge her as she is, free from the exaggerations of praise or scandal, since Page xvi I have been associated with her in so many things that have provoked hostile criticism; and the judgment that the world may pass upon her, I flatter myself, will present my own actions in a better light.
Just from the looks of it, there was a lot of support from other women. The men or the people who are looking upon her in judgement are just being portrayed as evil.
This poor woman endured many cruelties from her master and mistress; sometimes she was locked up, away from her nursing baby, for a whole day and night.
Cruel treatment towards women was mostly based around their emotions. For example, threatening to take away their children and or their husbands. And most of all raping them to take away their rights of owning their own body. So, masters used more physical tactics to strike fear in men in previous readings and in this particular reading it was more so emotionally based fear. For example, "If you don't do as I say, I will sell your children." Although, this statement would affect a father too but it's just a bit different from a mother to her child.
The cook never sent a dinner to his table without fear and trembling; for if there happened to be a dish not to his liking, he would either order her to be whipped, or compel her to eat every mouthful of it in his presence. The poor, hungry creature might not have objected to eating it; but she did object to having her master cram it down her throat till she choked.
This is sick, I personally read this book prior to this class and I wrote this exact thing right beside this horrific statement.
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For a lack of better words, she was treated a bit better than male slaves. She was "spoiled" for a lack of better words.
“OLaud! dow has promis' in dine own wud, to be a fadah to de fadaless, an'husban to de widah! O Laud, let dy wud run an' be glorify! Sof'en de haudhaut ob de presseh, an' let my po' chile cum back! an'——”
Now, it's a cry for her to receive some kind of help from god to watch over those, specifically her, with being sold.
Fahwell, my chile! fahwell; may God A'mighty be wid you!”
Wisdom that was given to her before her departure to let her know that it's going to be okay because you have God, previous readings didn't really highlight such a huge need of hanging on to God to get passed these things
Look to de Laud, my chile! Him ony able to bring yeh out mo' nahconkeh!” was the prayerful advice of the woe-stricken old mother. Both,hastening into the kitchen, falling upon their knees, invoked aloud the God ofthe oppressed
At this point this was all they had when situations like this happned they only had God to look to, to save them from what was going on. So, he's showing that God was somebody you can call on and rely on because he is bigger than the situation and the people.
one feature of American slavery more abominable than another; it is that which sanctions the buying and selling of human beings.
Imagine that, it's not the idea of being whipped or the idea of being hung, but the idea of one of your families members being sold.
As there was no one in the warehouse but himself, I inquired the reason of his being in that situation. He said Mr. Broadwell had sold his wife to a planter six miles from the city, and that he had been to visit her -- that he went in the night, expecting Page 44to return before daylight, and went without his master's permission. The patrol had taken him up before he reached his wife. He was put in jail, and his master had to pay for his catching and keeping, and that was what he was tied up for.
This man hung him for trying to go visit his wife, after telling him he could go see her. What kind of heartless mess is that?
we lost one woman who had been taken from her husband and children, and having no desire to live without them, in the agony of her soul jumped overboard, and drowned herself. She was not chained.
Still till this day it just breaks my heart to know slaves would rather die because they were torn from home or they were just fed up with their predicament.
aint hope that his conversion would lead him to emancipate his slaves, and that, if he did not do this, it would, at any rate, make him more kind and humane. I was disappointed in both these respects. It neither made him to be humane to his slaves, nor to emancipate them. If it had any effect on his character, it made him more cruel and hateful in all his ways; for I believe him to have been a much worse man after his conversion than before. Prior to his conversion, he relied upon his own depravity to shield and sustain him in his savage barbarity; but after his conversion, he found religious sanction and support for his slaveholding cruelty.
This I don't understand, how can other ministers from the church have a good heart and think about emancipating slaves but he somehow got cruel. What was different about his bible?
. He had been a poor man, master only of a Bay craft. He came into possession of all his slaves by marriage; and of all men, adopted slaveholders are the worst. He was cruel, but cowardly. He commanded without firmness. In the enforcement of Page 53 his rules, he was at times rigid, and at times lax. At times, he spoke to his slaves with the firmness of Napoleon and the fury of a demon; at other times, he might well be mistaken for an inquirer who had lost his way. He did nothing of himself. He might have passed for a lion, but for his ears. In all things noble which he attempted, his own meanness shone most conspicuous.
I assume he behaved this way because he never had anything and felt that due to his poorness, there was finally someone he could dictate over because others more than likely dictated over him. So, now he finally has his chance to rule over someone and according to Douglas he didn't do much of a good job with that.
She was nevertheless left a slave--a slave for life--a slave in the hands of strangers; Page 48 and in their hands she saw her children, her grandchildren, and her great-grand children, divided, like so many sheep, without being gratified with the small privilege of a single word, as to their or her own destiny.
I will never understand why slave owners would not allow their "faithful" older slaves to be allowed to go free. What value to actually possess by keeping them there? And for these people to not have any emotional attachment to her which would be the only logical reason to keep her, why are they so strung out on keeping her? This will never make sense to me, maybe it's the idea of keeping you and not granting you that freedom. I don't know.
Mr. Auld found out what was going on, and at once forbade Mrs. Auld to instruct me further, telling her, among other things, that it was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read. To use his own words, further, he said, "If you give a nigger an inch, he will take an ell. A nigger should know nothing but to obey his master--to do as he is told to do. Learning would spoil the best nigger in the world. Now," said he, "if you teach that nigger (speaking of myself) how to read, there would be no keeping him. It would forever unfit him to be a slave. He would at once become unmanageable, and of no value to his master. As to himself, it could do him no good, but a great deal of harm. It would make him discontented and unhappy."
Having a slave with knowledge decreased their value as a slave and as a person. His logical thinking was that the knowledge would make Douglas uncomfortable within himself. Where did that train of thought stem from? Having a dumb slave increased the value, more than likely because they felt they wouldn't have enough sense to run away.
It was put into a large wooden tray or trough, and set down upon the ground. The children were then called, like so many pigs, and like so many pigs they would come and devour the mush; some with oyster-shells, others with pieces of shingle, some with naked hands, and none with spoons. He that ate fastest got most; he that was strongest secured the best place; and few left the trough satisfied.
They fed them like they were animals, to think someone could have the mind to find nothing wrong with this is astonishing. They didn't clothe them nor fed them proper food and expected to receive 100% worth of work from them. This was just down right cruel.
I understood the pathway from slavery to freedom
Decided to answer my own question lol. I think from him writing his own narrative it brings out the idea that he had some sense of control over his life. He took that step of furthering his education to expand his way of thinking, which was what the slave master didn't want from him. Him getting the chance to truly write his own story and elaborate without the touch of others constructing it highlighted the reality of what took place during those times.
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Q1:What is implied from the idea of Frederick Douglas writing his own narrative? Q2:What was Douglas' opinion on slavery and how does his narrative depict that and what are some specific things did he say about the idea of slavery?
His soul in conscious virtue strong, And armed with innate rectitude, Loving the right, detesting wrong, And seeking the eternal good
This emphasizes a lot of strength, this is someone who finds the beauty in everything and stays strong about things even when it is hard. This person is just seeking out to be a good person and have strength.
he fervent prayer of the oppressed; The er~' of helpless infancy
He makes it seem as though he views patriotism and freedom very closely... that they both need to be upheld in the U.S
That they endured those toils and pains. To forge fresh fetters, hea\'ier chains For their own children. in whose veins Should flow that patriotic blood. So freely shed on field and flood. Oh no: they fought. as thev believed, For the inherent rights ~f man: But mark, how they ha\·e been deceived By slan·ry's accursed plan.
I think he refers to patriotism as fairness for all, for example he mentions us going over and fighting with them side by side but coming back to the same flag that represents slavery and inequality. So, I think he is pointing out how they contradict themselves.
q2: Women are still having a hard feeling equal to men to this day especially with income and how hard we have to work to receive the same things men receive.
She included religion by showing that it was because of a woman that the man they whole heartedly worshipped came from a woman.
Nobody eher help me into carriages, or ober mud puddles, or gives me any best place [and raising herself to her full height and her voice to a pitch like rolling thunder, she asked], and ar'n't I a woman? Look at me!
Her way of including race into her speech was by stating that she is a woman but she doesn't receive the same treatment because she is an African American woman. Also her way of showing them like "Hey you all don't feel equal but my equality is different from yours also." I think her message was very powerful towards all women.
n the name of the merciful God, and by all that life is worth, let it no longer be a debatable question, whether it is better to choose Liberty or death
He feels this strongly about liberty that he feels you shouldn't live life without it. He's actually making this an ultimatum to actually think about. Liberty is this precious for African American's.
Liberty is a spirit sent out from God, and like its great Author, is no respecter of persons.
In other words, liberty is something given to you by God and it's a sacred thing that no man should be able to take from you. He's basically saying that liberty doesn't respect just one person and or group of people.
The oppressors themselves have become involved in the ruin. They have become weak, sensual, and rapa-cious—they have cursed you—they have cursed themselves—they have cursed the earth which they have trod
Something I also noticed was that his vocabulary is huge, he speaks very intellectually and elegant.
But all was vain. Slavery had stretched its dark wings of death over the land, the Church stood silently by—the priests prophesied falsely, and the people loved to have it so. Its throne is established, and now it reigns triumphant.
This is very deep and it applies to todays terms as well, still to this day you have many people who are apart of the KKK organization and people who are racist who still claim themselves as Christians. These are the same people who put on this image as though they are good people who are doing the world some justice. Also, these people evangelize and take their racist beliefs to other nations and pass along their beliefs. So, I thought this was very interesting how this somehow applies to today.
But they came with broken hearts, from their beloved native land, and were doomed to unrequited toil and deep degradation. Nor did the evil of their bondage end at their emancipation by death. Succeeding generations inherited their chains, and millions have come from eternity into time, and have returned again to the world of spirits, cursed and ruined by American slavery. The propagators of the system, or their immediate anc
These terms were written in the same sentence a lot, however, they brought with them to another land the idea of liberty the idea of doing them a favor but in reality they brought evil and destruction back to the land of the free in which they call America, which was brought upon by slavery.
HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET3 Two hundred and twenty-seven years ago, the first of our injured race were brought to the shores of America. They came not with glad spirits to select their homes in the New World. They came not with their own consent, to find an unmolested enjoyment of the blessings of this fruitful soil. The first dealings they had with men calling themselves Christians, exhibited to them the worst features of corrupt. and sordid hearts: and convinced them that no cruelty is too great, no villainy and no robbery too abhorrent for even enlight-ened men to perform, when influenced by avarice and lust.
Although this doesn't necessarily answer the question, I found this point very interesting that he also points out Christians being hypocritical, and they were the first to somehow greet the slaves coming over.
In fact, they are so happy to keep in ignorance and degradation, and to receive the homage and the labour of the slaves, they forget that God rules in the armies of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth, having his ears continually open to the cries, tears and groans of his oppressed people; and being a just and holy Being will at one day appear fully in behalf of the oppressed, and arrest the progress of the avaricious oppressors; for although the destruction of the oppressors God may not effect by the oppressed, yet the Lord our God will bring other destructions upon them--for not Page 6 unfrequently will he cause them to rise up one against another, to be split and divided, and to oppress each other, and sometimes to open hostilities with sword in hand.
In regards to religion he is basically telling the future here, white people or people who have slaves (cause we have learned that not only white people had slaves) were going to turn against each other, have. For example there is classism to keep even white people from all being on the same team. So, what he was speaking was the future and facts.
hey are afraid to treat us worse, for they know well, the day they do it they are gone. But against all accusations which may or can be preferred against me, I appeal to Heaven for my motive in writing--who knows that my object is, if possible, to awaken in Page 5 the breasts of my afflicted, degraded and slumbering brethren, a spirit of inquiry and investigation respecting our miseries and wretchedness in this Republican Land of Liberty! ! ! ! ! !
He's in a sense, using the bible to get other African American's to wake up and see what is going on and the reality of it.
They tell us of the Israelites in Egypt, the Helots in Sparta, and of the Roman Slaves, which last were made up from almost every nation under heaven, whose sufferings under those ancient and heathen nations, were, in comparison with ours,
This is a very valid point, they used the story of the Israelites a lot when verbally abusing slaves, especially when taking slaves to church with them they used to tell that to convince them that being a slave is okay. However, what they failed to realize is the slaves who could read told them about Moses and how he helped free them, which is why in a lot of African American slave stories you will hear them refer to Moses alot. However, in this moment he was trying to get readers to see that these people had nothing close to slavery in America.
near the corpse of Alfred, was-discovered the corpse -of the unhappy Georges .... "
So Georges was killed on Alfred's behalf or did Georges kill himself because he finally found out who his father is? If so, where was the child those two were raising together, because before he left, he claimed he grabbed his child and left.
Th d h d lamored roun a sea ' e next ay t e crow c hen she had expired, the executioner body of a young mulatto woman. · · · W d . utes later body and coffin d . · ffin an ten min , let her corpse . own mto a pme co ' h d f the forest were thrown into a ditch that ~as opened at _t e e ge d:ed the kind of death "Thus this woman, for havmg been
This woman died for protecting herself from the evils of this man, she lost her life for no reason at all.
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These moments in slave history are the hardest for me to deal with, he waited till this man was on his death bed trying to recover from saving you and think you have the audacity to summons his wife? And when the wife refuses to come and gets physical with you, you want her hung?
Alfred; he liked him, as much as one can like a man; and Alfred esteemed him, but with that esteem that the horseman bears for the most handsome and vigorous of his chargers.
Naturally drew near him as if he knew he was his father. He truly loved this man beyond slave mentality. But did Alfred treat or view him differently knowing he was his son?
'She's dead .•.. ' "'Your father?' · . .. ?' '"H ' d d . ' you from, -La1sa. e s ea . . . . . 'What country are "'Poor child,' he murmured. "'From Senegal. · · ,' £ Ilow countrywoman . . '.'Tears rose in his eyes; sh~ was a' eerha s you know old Chambo and his "'Sister,' he said, wiping his eyes, p p daughter .... ' · . . her head' quickly. "'Why?' answered the girl, rai~mg . . s discomfort, 'well, old Chambo is "'Why?' continued the driver, m obv1ou . my father, and ... ' · . off the driver before he could "'My God,' cried out the orphan, cuttmg · finish. 'You are?' · "'Jacques Chambo.' "'You're my brother!' "'L .. t' aisa. , Th were still embracing "They threw them
What exactly are the odds that they would actually meet one another? This moment was beautiful for them to reunite but quickly turned bad when Alfred decided to beat him.
30). Certainly the hymns in his collection have vivid imagery and highly personalized texts-the kind that would have attraction for the newly converted ex-slaves who comprise
The hymns were a way to target people who may have been slaves prior to attending the church and want to have somewhere they know they will fit in at. Slaves didn't have many places of comfort and to make church one of them lays the foundation of why till this day African American's are very strong believers in the church.
THE BLACK PERSPECTIVE IN MUSIC The fact that the hymnal ran into two editions within a year suggests not only its popularity among Allen's people but also that more copies might have been published to accomodate the needs of Zoar, the other black Methodist congregation in Philadelphia at that tim
This alone also shows the importance of the hymnals and what they stood for. You would not make two copies of a book of hymnals if they weren't good or significant to the people it was targeted for.
We know from contemporary sources that the black Methodists were noted for their singing and exuberance in worship (Southern 1983, 77-79).1 The novelty of the 1801 publication arises from the fact of the enterprising young minister's publishing his own hym- nal instead of using the official Methodist hy
This particular statement specifically shows the importance and value hymnals had with the African American culture by showing that it was very important or very unique for a minister to create and publish his own hymnals. That was a step in the right direction for African Americans.
Throughout a certain part of this short story, I can not understand how the lieutenant did not know she was a girl, that part is still a little fuzzy for me.
Every whisper of the winds among the leaves of theplantain and orange trees, caused her daughters to apprehend the approach of danger, and she to heave the anxious sigh.
The fear she must have felt while being in this predicament, not knowing what was behind a tree or could've been waiting for her that could've changed her life. Also, this is very similar to the movie Pocahontas, referring to trees whispering and having wisdom, she was safe from danger because of her trust in earth/God.
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A huge assumption with Africans being killed, is that it's American's doing it. This shocked me to know that these were French men coming in killing people.
0: Life without death, and glory without end. Improve your privileges while they stay, Ye pupils, and each hour redeem, that bears Or good or bad report of you to heav'n.
This was like a warning in a sense that you don't want to live without Jesus so do right while you are on Earth now. Kind of like the warnings we often hear in todays times.
How Jesus' blood for your redemption flows. See him with hands out-stretcht upon the cross; Immense compassion in his bosom glows;
I think she had a huge relationship with religion and what it stood for. Choosing to write about Jesus than about whats going around you was probably the easiest route.
5: Some view our sable race with scornful eye, "Their colour is a diabolic die."
I feel this was her most genuine poem, she wrote with such passion although it was very short. Her message came across clearly.
Before he did the Indians see, Was shot and killed immediately.
The use of the word "shot", later on in the text it was discovered that somebody was killed my a rod, which is what you expect Indians to use stereotypically, some how they ended up with a weapon different from that, maybe a gun. If so who gave them that gun?
August 'twas the twenty-fifth, Seventeen hundred forty-six; The Indians did in ambush lay,
This entire poem is just a recollection of the deaths she the author saw around them of very important men and women.
Young Samuel Allen, Oh lack-a-day! Was taken and carried to Canada.
Why did they chose to take him back to Canada but kill everyone else? Is it due to his age, they did state he was young.
Nor tommy hawked her on the head, And left her on the ground for dead.
This portion of her story was hard to understand, was it someone she knew that hit her on the head and killed her or was it an Indian?
However two of the wretches were drowned, but they got the other, and afterwards flogged him unmercifully for thus attempting to prefer death to slavery. In this manner we continued to undergo more hardships than I can now relate, hardships which are inseparable from this accursed trade. Many a time we were near suffocation from the want of fresh air, which we were often without for whole days together. This,
Once again, why put slaves in an environment where you only get to keep out of the 1,000 like 200. that's not economically smart. Of course it's wrong but what exactly is the point of this. You could take those 200 and make profit from them and leave those other lives back behind.
My master lodged at the house of a gentleman in Falmouth, who had a fine little daughter about six or seven years of age, and she grew prodigiously fond of me; insomuch that we used to eat together, and had servants to wait on us. I was so much caressed by this family that it often reminded me of the treatment I had received from my little noble African master.
I previously thought he came from money until I read this comment. However him and Venture's treatment by masters seem to reflect the same behavior.
I remember learning in my history class a couple semesters ago that whites would come to Africa and buy slaves from other tribes. The African's slavery was different from American slavery but they thought nothing of it.
Sometimes indeed we sold slaves to them, but they were only prisoners of war, or such among us as had been convicted of kidnapping, or adultery, and some other crimes, which we esteemed heinous.
Usually during this time, people who had money would sell slaves or have slaves. So for him to acknowledge that they had them, I'm pretty sure he came from money.
I informed my master that Heddy was the ringleader of our revolt, and that he had used us ill. He immediately put Heddy into Page 18 custody, and myself and companions were well received and went to work as usual.
This isn't the usual behavior of a master, they would usually kill all of them or wihipped them all to make an example, which shows how it differs from times in the future.
He took them, stroked my hair, and commended me, saying in presence of his father that Page 15 his young VENTURE was so faithful that he never would have been able to have taken the keys from him but by violence; that he should not fear to trust him with his whole fortune, for that he had been in his native place so habituated to keeping his word, that he would sacrifice even his life to maintain it.
His master seems so nice, but with condescending undertones like, oh yeah your such a good boy, but the first time you wrong me I will kill you type of deal. I don't think that's a healthy environment for anybody.
. After an ordinary passage, except great mortality by the small pox, which broke out on board, we arrived at the island of Barbadoes: but when we reached it, there were found out of the two hundred and sixty that sailed from Africa, not more than two hundred alive.
Although it's all wrong, I never could wrap my mind around why people who were involved in slave trading always bit off more than they could chew. For example, you brought that many slaves over but probably didn't take care of them during their travels and many of them died. Why not take a few, because then you are left with just a ton of people who have passed away. ALTHOUGH ITS ALL WRONG, why didn't they think this way?
She left me at the house of a very rich farmer. I was then, as I should judge, not less than one hundred and forty miles from my native place, separated from all my relations and acquaintance. At this place my mother took her farewel of me, and set out for her own country. My new guardian, as I shall call the man with whom I was left, put me into the business of tending sheep, immediately after I was left with him. The flock which I kept with the assistance of a boy, consisted of about forty. We drove them every morning between two and three miles to pasture, into the wide and delightful plains. When night drew on, we drove them home and secured them in the cote. In this round I continued during my stay there. One incident which befel me when I was driving my flock from pasture, was so dreadful to me in that age, and is to this time so fresh in my memory, that I cannot help noticing it in this place. Two large dogs sallied out of Page 7 a certain house and set upon me. One of them took me by the arm, and the other by the thigh, and before their master could come and relieve me, they lacerated my flesh to such a degree, that the scars are very visible to the present day. My master was immediately sent for. He came and carried me home, as I was unable to go myself on account of my wounds. Nothing remarkable happened afterwards until my father sent for me to return home.
His mother just dropped him off to a stranger, but when he was injured and he returned home, his mother was there, which doesn't make any sense. Also where are his siblings when he returned home?
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As he continues to travel and meet people he continues to have a strong affect on each of them. He was able to turn his circumstances into a better one each time.
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His faith is astonishing, imagine being put in this same predicament, where they are about to take your life and you turn a dungeon into a church. He proceeded to talk to God regularly and make others curious about who exactly he was talking to and why.
His story reminds me so much of when God asked Abraham to leave his home and travel to the land that God said he would show him. This man felt the Lord tell him to walk and teach others and travel and spread the word. Which takes a lot of courage.
This man left his family and everything he had behind for God, his faith was stronger than many people. He went about his journey met people and taught them about God even prayed with them and that's definitely the faith you have to have.
This lieutenant sounds like a man with a lot of courage, at this moment I realized his race was playing a part in this passage just a little bit. However, this reminds me of the many books I have read, "Incidents In The Life of A Slave Girl" where she hid in a boat and also in a small boarded room in the house. However, she had white men come along and have courage to allow her to remain a secret just like this gentleman.
But the Providence of God order'd it otherways, for He appeared for my Help, in this Mount of Difficulty, and they were better to me then my Fears, and soon unbound me, but set a Guard over me every Night.
This part makes me wonder what insight they needed from him... what was he offering? Why did they decide to keep him alive and not kill him like they previously stated?