Wesley Harris An Account Of Escaping Slavery Summary

Slavery was a cruel way of being towards colored people back in the day. Wesley Harris: An Account of Escaping Slavery and An Account from the Slave Trade: Love Story of Jeffrey and Dorcas are two passages that have something relevant to slavery. The Wesley Harris story talks about him escaping slavery and how the men he encounter are with him and against him. His friends that escape along with him end up back where they started. The Jeffrey and Dorcas story explains how Jeffrey begs and pleads his master to buy his loved one. Jeffrey’s new master would buy Dorcas if she is a reasonable price, but she gets sold along with a family of four, and this is where he refuses. Many things that happen to Wesley Harris are different from what goes on …show more content…
Of course to be a slave they are both colored. According to the master, what the slaves called their owners, they could have been treated differently. Each person has their own set goals. Their goals differ which will be talked about in the next paragraph. Having a goal and making an effort to accomplish it makes these two men brave. Each story has some unexpected events as it flows. You can vision these unexpected events as you read because the two passages describe them in great detail. You would think one thing will happen as you read downward, but when you finish reading you are surprised by how it ends.
Wesley Harris has a goal that is to escape and make it to freedom. He has friends that attempt to escape with him. His friends fail while Wesley succeeds. He gets hurt physically when trying to defend himself. When defending himself, he gets shot in the arm that he was using at the time. Wesley is highly selfish when it comes down to escaping once more from where he was taken after being captured by the 8 white men. He did not give up his goal that was set. He pushed and pushed until he accomplished. He plans everything before he does it. Last, he is rebellious. This means he desires