The Struggles Of Slavery

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THE STRUGGLES OF SLAVERY The struggles of slavery include being mistreated, punished, and having their families split up. Some of the struggles of slavery were being treated unfairly and having their families split up. One of the main struggles for slaves was they weren’t treated fairly. An example of when slaves were treated unfairly was when Harriet tubman was sent to the store. At the store there was a runaway slave and the overseer of the runaway slave demanded that Harriet helped them catch the slave. She refused to help catch the slave and the overseer threw a two pound weight at her head. This is a good example of how slaves were treated unfairly they had to do what ever people told them to do or the were punished.

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