The time period of slavery had it’s pros and cons depending on who it affected. The white slave owners loved the idea of slavery, because it was cheap and even sometimes free. But, the more African American slaves someone owned was more money for the white slave owner. Slavery was not so good for the African Americans though, because they were forced to do the hard labor all day long with little to no reward for the work that was done. The stories of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs are great, real examples of slavery and explain thoroughly everything they faced from the good to the bad. Slavery was not good for either Douglass nor Jacobs, but Jacobs was a female in slavery and often received horrible treatment. Jacobs said that “slavery
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Flint that she would go to her grandmother for protection, but “he did not like that idea, so he would threaten her with death, and even worse than death” (Jacobs, 56). Death is a cruel punishment for Jacobs talking to her grandmother, but Dr. Flint did not want everyone to know how he treated his slaves. Jacobs said that “women were considered of no value, unless they continuously increased theirs owner’s stock” (Jacobs, 74). The statement should not be considered accurate, because the female slaves did so much on the plantations they lived on. The female slaves were expected to work in the field all day, then come in the house to cook and clean, and then try to get some sleep before morning. The elderly female slaves did not work in the slaves as much, but they had to take care of the infants and household chores, so women should have been considered a lot of value to their slave …show more content…
Douglass himself was treated terribly like most male or female slaves. Frederick Douglass had been beaten and kicked in the head until he bled over small things. Douglass also faced the struggle of not getting much food to eat, he barely had any clothes to where, and did not have a bed to sleep in. Douglass said “he did not receive as much punishment from his first slave owner.” Part of the reason he did not receive much punishment was because he was young and did not have much responsibility around the
Flint that she would go to her grandmother for protection, but “he did not like that idea, so he would threaten her with death, and even worse than death” (Jacobs, 56). Death is a cruel punishment for Jacobs talking to her grandmother, but Dr. Flint did not want everyone to know how he treated his slaves. Jacobs said that “women were considered of no value, unless they continuously increased theirs owner’s stock” (Jacobs, 74). The statement should not be considered accurate, because the female slaves did so much on the plantations they lived on. The female slaves were expected to work in the field all day, then come in the house to cook and clean, and then try to get some sleep before morning. The elderly female slaves did not work in the slaves as much, but they had to take care of the infants and household chores, so women should have been considered a lot of value to their slave …show more content…
Douglass himself was treated terribly like most male or female slaves. Frederick Douglass had been beaten and kicked in the head until he bled over small things. Douglass also faced the struggle of not getting much food to eat, he barely had any clothes to where, and did not have a bed to sleep in. Douglass said “he did not receive as much punishment from his first slave owner.” Part of the reason he did not receive much punishment was because he was young and did not have much responsibility around the