Richard Frethorne has undergone a complicated situation that causes him to become lonely. The starvation he went through as an indentured servant has left him bared for the world to see his pain. During the 1600s, in Chesapeake Bay plantations, Frethorne was working without receiving any pay and proper nutrients. In the past, servants do not have the luxury of eating good food because food is scarce. In the reading, Frethorne exclaimed, “Worke hard both earelie, and late for a messe of water gruell, and a mouthful of bread” (15). This quote shows the bad treatment of slaves. Providing proper nutrients to servants is a good treatment, it is a motivation that influences them to work harder. It is regretful for the people who owned indentured
