Incidents in the life of a slave girl
What did you learn about life in the colonies from reading this document?
That back in slavery days, slaves had a hard time. The way slaves were treated so cruel and unfair is terrible but there were some mistress who had kind hearts. I also learned that it was no such thing as trust or promises with a Mister or Mistress back in slavery days. The trust and promises that were between the two would be false promises and trust but there were few who tried to make things right. One of the worst thing I really thought was not a nice look was that when someone in your family died you couldn't’t even go see your loved ones for comfort.
What surprised you the most about what you read?
The most surprising thing that caught my eye through the reading was that there were a few who did care or had little sympathy. Another interesting was that slaves were cheated of hard earning when the mistress and masters knew the earned what they had truthfully. The number one thing that makes me happy and surprise me the most is the fact the mistress and misters never wanted to hear anything about God or anything to deal with the lord they always walked away.
Compare and contrast the differences between American life today and for American life during the colonial era.
The difference between these two different centuries is that in today’s society the things that happened in the slave age couldn't’t happen now it would be nothing but a big war. Definitely not a good one the way things are know are so out of control that no mistress and masters could control the African American people because of the way we (African American) are raised these days. For example the way they try and cheat you out of your hard works earning African Americans these day’s will kill and fight for their things so cheating us out of earning in this day of age is out of question. Really and truly there is no explaining between the way things were then and how they are now let’s just say we, (African Americans) in this century would never bow down to the way things were then. Let’s say it a new breed of African Americans now. Back in slavery time majority of us would probably be killed or punished a lot.
That back in slavery days, slaves had a hard time. The way slaves were treated so cruel and unfair is terrible but there were some mistress who had kind hearts. I also learned that it was no such thing as trust or promises with a Mister or Mistress back in slavery days. The trust and promises that were between the two would be false promises and trust but there were few who tried to make things right. One of the worst thing I really thought was not a nice look was that when someone in your family died you couldn't’t even go see your loved ones for comfort.
What surprised you the most about what you read?
The most surprising thing that caught my eye through the reading was that there were a few who did care or had little sympathy. Another interesting was that slaves were cheated of hard earning when the mistress and masters knew the earned what they had truthfully. The number one thing that makes me happy and surprise me the most is the fact the mistress and misters never wanted to hear anything about God or anything to deal with the lord they always walked away.
Compare and contrast the differences between American life today and for American life during the colonial era.
The difference between these two different centuries is that in today’s society the things that happened in the slave age couldn't’t happen now it would be nothing but a big war. Definitely not a good one the way things are know are so out of control that no mistress and masters could control the African American people because of the way we (African American) are raised these days. For example the way they try and cheat you out of your hard works earning African Americans these day’s will kill and fight for their things so cheating us out of earning in this day of age is out of question. Really and truly there is no explaining between the way things were then and how they are now let’s just say we, (African Americans) in this century would never bow down to the way things were then. Let’s say it a new breed of African Americans now. Back in slavery time majority of us would probably be killed or punished a lot.
1 comment:
Very thorough and thoughtful post. Your responses show understanding of reading and the different time periods. I agree, it is nearly impossible to compare slavery with the modern U.S.
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