During the United States slave era it was thought that there was approximately four hundred and fifty thousand brought to America from the African continent. In Frederick Douglass’s autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl were both slave narratives that talk about their experiences as being being a generation of slave in the United States. Both text clearly describe how the inhumane treatment of slaves by their slaveholders caused fear and distress among slaves. In relation to the inhumane treatment both of the authors and their peers went through severe mental and physical abuse. Each reading has plenty of evidence to describe both of these topics very well. The
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She recalls her master saying, “I told her it was my new shoes. “Take them off,” said she; “and if you put them on again, I’ll throw them into the fire.” (Jacobs, pg.8). The new shoes were recalled as making a “horrid noise”, but that is no reason to threaten to destroy them. She needed a new pair of shoes and her rude owner threatened to destroy them all because of a noise, not minding of her feelings. In her head she must have felt pretty upset because what she had just received them which could then lead to distrust between her and her master due to her …show more content…
Onetime particular he remembers his owner threatening one of his enforcers for his horrible punishment towards the slaves. “ I have known him to cut and slash the women’s heads so horribly, that even master would be enraged at his cruelty, and would threaten to whip him if he did not mind himself.” (Douglass, pg.2). Not all masters were terrible people, but sometimes the people they hired were nasty. In this instance, a hired enforcer would brutally beat slaves and especially women and in his writing he recalls some women would be beaten until they fainted! It’s just a horrible thing that some people found pleasure in others pain and
She recalls her master saying, “I told her it was my new shoes. “Take them off,” said she; “and if you put them on again, I’ll throw them into the fire.” (Jacobs, pg.8). The new shoes were recalled as making a “horrid noise”, but that is no reason to threaten to destroy them. She needed a new pair of shoes and her rude owner threatened to destroy them all because of a noise, not minding of her feelings. In her head she must have felt pretty upset because what she had just received them which could then lead to distrust between her and her master due to her …show more content…
Onetime particular he remembers his owner threatening one of his enforcers for his horrible punishment towards the slaves. “ I have known him to cut and slash the women’s heads so horribly, that even master would be enraged at his cruelty, and would threaten to whip him if he did not mind himself.” (Douglass, pg.2). Not all masters were terrible people, but sometimes the people they hired were nasty. In this instance, a hired enforcer would brutally beat slaves and especially women and in his writing he recalls some women would be beaten until they fainted! It’s just a horrible thing that some people found pleasure in others pain and