Kristina Castro
BLS 1003 Mid Term Assignment
03/29/2018
Frederick Douglass: Life as an American Slave
Since slaves were treated as property and there was no legal ramification for their murder there was no limit to the cruelty they were made to endure. In Chapter 4 of “The Life of The American Slave by Frederick Douglas, Gore defends his murder of Demby to Colonel Lloyd as a necessary means of setting an example, as Demby had become “unmanageable.” Lloyd finds his explanation satisfactory and Gore is allowed to retain his position without even being investigated for his crime, and his fame as an overseer spreads. Douglass observes that killing a black person, slave or free, is not treated as a crime in Talbot, Maryland. Douglass recalls several …show more content…
The law in place are designed around her ownership, she is a piece of property that can be passed down from one generation to the next and is spoken and treated in terms of her monetary value. In Chapter XLI, Harriet was relieved Dr. Flint was dead, but knew that she was not out of danger yet. Mrs. Flint was open, in that her daughter could not lose such a valuable slave, because she is a piece of property she inherently has no rights and is at whim to her masters desires. Sad, that even a death of a slave master cannot guarantee, the slave freedom. In chapter 4 Benjamin is imprisoned for months for getting into a fight with his master. It is later mentioned in the story that when whites become jealous or want something a black person has, they can take with no repercussion. One can argue that the lack of legal repercussion in a way encouraged the mistreatment of slaves. If the law does not protect them, they must not need protection. The female slaves are often exposed to sexual abuse, rape, and mental …show more content…
It was deemed necessary to prevent Negro domination. On page 2 of Ida B Wells speech on Negro domination, it is also interesting to note merely not being white made you a potential target of lynching. On page 9, she states “the known mobs in Louisiana, Colorado, Wyoming, and other States have lynched subjects of other countries” (Wells,p. 9). It was a key tool in suppressing the Negro vote a major concern of southern whites who wanted to maintain their political dominance/power. On Page 3 Wells states” The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the Negro vote” (Wells,p. 3) .It supported whiteness allowing any slight real or imagined to be punished by death with no consequence for the perpetrators . It was a public affair demonstrating to white society their superiority. At time lynching’s were a social affair involving all ages, showing to children the negro is animal that can be punished for not knowing his place in this world, body parts of the victims were given away a souvenirs like a prize at a fare On page 5 Wells states “The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the crowd” (Wells,p. 5). The fear of lynching was also an effective tool to strike fear in black people asserting much more control than then actually lynching did It was
BLS 1003 Mid Term Assignment
03/29/2018
Frederick Douglass: Life as an American Slave
Since slaves were treated as property and there was no legal ramification for their murder there was no limit to the cruelty they were made to endure. In Chapter 4 of “The Life of The American Slave by Frederick Douglas, Gore defends his murder of Demby to Colonel Lloyd as a necessary means of setting an example, as Demby had become “unmanageable.” Lloyd finds his explanation satisfactory and Gore is allowed to retain his position without even being investigated for his crime, and his fame as an overseer spreads. Douglass observes that killing a black person, slave or free, is not treated as a crime in Talbot, Maryland. Douglass recalls several …show more content…
The law in place are designed around her ownership, she is a piece of property that can be passed down from one generation to the next and is spoken and treated in terms of her monetary value. In Chapter XLI, Harriet was relieved Dr. Flint was dead, but knew that she was not out of danger yet. Mrs. Flint was open, in that her daughter could not lose such a valuable slave, because she is a piece of property she inherently has no rights and is at whim to her masters desires. Sad, that even a death of a slave master cannot guarantee, the slave freedom. In chapter 4 Benjamin is imprisoned for months for getting into a fight with his master. It is later mentioned in the story that when whites become jealous or want something a black person has, they can take with no repercussion. One can argue that the lack of legal repercussion in a way encouraged the mistreatment of slaves. If the law does not protect them, they must not need protection. The female slaves are often exposed to sexual abuse, rape, and mental …show more content…
It was deemed necessary to prevent Negro domination. On page 2 of Ida B Wells speech on Negro domination, it is also interesting to note merely not being white made you a potential target of lynching. On page 9, she states “the known mobs in Louisiana, Colorado, Wyoming, and other States have lynched subjects of other countries” (Wells,p. 9). It was a key tool in suppressing the Negro vote a major concern of southern whites who wanted to maintain their political dominance/power. On Page 3 Wells states” The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the Negro vote” (Wells,p. 3) .It supported whiteness allowing any slight real or imagined to be punished by death with no consequence for the perpetrators . It was a public affair demonstrating to white society their superiority. At time lynching’s were a social affair involving all ages, showing to children the negro is animal that can be punished for not knowing his place in this world, body parts of the victims were given away a souvenirs like a prize at a fare On page 5 Wells states “The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the crowd” (Wells,p. 5). The fear of lynching was also an effective tool to strike fear in black people asserting much more control than then actually lynching did It was