To Be A Slave: Analysis
Beginning of paper
To Be a Slave is an assortment of passages and journals from the
slaves that served their masters during the Civil War era. At the beginning,
typical life and daily hardships that occur on the plantation are depicted.
The conditions that are described are horrible, even for animals to live in.
The ....
Middle of paper
.... it was all an illusion to satisfy the
drivers.
Another of the hardships slaves had to face was the auction block.
Most of the young children were sold off before their mothers even had a
chance to raise them. Slaves were sold and split away from families all the
time. Most slave mothers lost most, if not all of their children to
complete strangers who had fat wallets and no consideration. The children
would be raised into bondage and be kept in shackles most of their lives. A
slave named C ....
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Word count: 1221
Page count: 5 (approximately 250 words per page)