According to the laws of all the southern states, slaves were nothing but as chattel and on this basis are completely subordinate to the will of their slave-owner. Slaves were perceived as things. They have not been recognized neither rights nor the desire nor, in fact, human nature. If expressed in purely legal terms, it is the creation of the slaves, deprived of every kind of personality - simply the property of their slave-owner. However, all slave owners were aware that they are dealing with human beings. Despite the significant differences between the world of "slave owner" and the world of "slaves", it should be recognized: first, these slaves had common sense and the ability to choose; second, despite the deliberate and concerted bans
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In the view of the owners, everything was simple: they were commanded, and obedient, executive servants obeyed. Alas, in fact, the process looks a bit different. Plantation slaves forced to work from sunrise to sunset - 14 hours in summer and 10 in winter. Those who do not obey, lash of the whip or subjected to other punishments. It seemed that the slaves who worked under the watchful eye of the owner or overseer, it was not possible to influence the sweatshop. Yet a variety of cunning ways they managed at least to some extent regulate the pace and intensity of work. The tool breaks, sudden illness befall; there were times when working cattle disappeared, and the machine out of order; sometimes burning building, and that - that's a miracle! - Able to customize overseer versus-host disease. With these tricks of the slaves could be reduced to manageable workloads and somehow get the landlady's …show more content…
- The mutual responsibility, intentional concealment, stealth and deception behind fake smiles. Former slave Frederick Douglass commented that forced fight in his autobiography, entitled "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American slave." He laments the fact that honest, simple-minded slaves likely run up against a punishment than a reward received. "Life is so often taught these lessons that among the slaves have taken root saying:” Still tongue makes a wise head "It is better to shut up the truth than then face the consequences. “Slavery perverted the normal course of things and turned the falsity in the necessary virtue.
Douglass escaped from slavery became a leader of the abolitionist movement. With outstanding oratorical skills and the ability to express their thoughts in writing, Douglas launched an extensive anti-slavery campaign. He became a living response to the arguments of the slave-owners who claimed that slaves did not have enough intelligence to become independent American citizens. Many residents of the northern states of the USA could not believe that such a great orator Frederick was a
In the view of the owners, everything was simple: they were commanded, and obedient, executive servants obeyed. Alas, in fact, the process looks a bit different. Plantation slaves forced to work from sunrise to sunset - 14 hours in summer and 10 in winter. Those who do not obey, lash of the whip or subjected to other punishments. It seemed that the slaves who worked under the watchful eye of the owner or overseer, it was not possible to influence the sweatshop. Yet a variety of cunning ways they managed at least to some extent regulate the pace and intensity of work. The tool breaks, sudden illness befall; there were times when working cattle disappeared, and the machine out of order; sometimes burning building, and that - that's a miracle! - Able to customize overseer versus-host disease. With these tricks of the slaves could be reduced to manageable workloads and somehow get the landlady's …show more content…
- The mutual responsibility, intentional concealment, stealth and deception behind fake smiles. Former slave Frederick Douglass commented that forced fight in his autobiography, entitled "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American slave." He laments the fact that honest, simple-minded slaves likely run up against a punishment than a reward received. "Life is so often taught these lessons that among the slaves have taken root saying:” Still tongue makes a wise head "It is better to shut up the truth than then face the consequences. “Slavery perverted the normal course of things and turned the falsity in the necessary virtue.
Douglass escaped from slavery became a leader of the abolitionist movement. With outstanding oratorical skills and the ability to express their thoughts in writing, Douglas launched an extensive anti-slavery campaign. He became a living response to the arguments of the slave-owners who claimed that slaves did not have enough intelligence to become independent American citizens. Many residents of the northern states of the USA could not believe that such a great orator Frederick was a