Day Of Tears Analysis

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Day Of Tears is a book about the life of a slave named Emma. It shows us how exactly slaves like Emma were treated by their owners. I was shocked and disgusted by it. Shock and disgust were a just a few of the emotions I felt while I was reading this book. I had many other thoughts and emotions as I was reading it, and here is what they were. When I first started this book I expected there to be lots of beatings and whippings. I was wrong. Luckily, Emma always had an owner that treated her fairly well for slave terms. What I was shocked and disturbed by was how the owners ignored the slaves and acted like they literally didn’t have any feelings. When Mr. Butler sold Emma even

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