Authors often write with deep emotion to help readers gain a better understanding of the subject at hand. This concept can be seen in Elizabeth Barrett Browning's work, "The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point." In her writing, she follows the journey of a young African American woman who is attempting to escape her life of slavery. Slavery was an extremely difficult issue throughout this time period, and Browning displays the injustice and despair that African Americans faced. In "The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point", the author gives individuals an insight in the life of a slave. In Section IX of Browning’s work, the young girl is beginning to experience the world with a newfound freedom. In line 63 she notices another slave looking at her
