class

today in class we wrote out reactions to the reading on the life of the slaves.  I was horrified at how badly they were treated.  They were made to work hard manual labor in the worst conditions.  They had little food to eat, they didnt sleep in beds.  They were only given corse burlap blankets to sleep on the floor.  They only recived one pair of cloths a year and were whipped if they did not work to the level that the masters wanted them to.  There was one quote in the reading that said “Ive seen him whip a woman until the blood ran for half an hour” i dont understand how one person could treat another this way.

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One Response to “class”

  1.   dannyg Says:
    December 4th, 2006 at 8:58 pm

    I had very similar thoughts to you, its really hard to believe that the slaves were treated like this and forced to work in those conditions. They had to keep going for their whole lives, never given a break. Many slaves died because of the conditions they were forced to take up and live in.