Middle Passage By Hayden Summary

It is true what you say about the poem Middle Passage by Hayden, even when they try to destroy them, their spirit and willingness always surface and makes them braver than before. How those who were illegally obtained by Cinquez fought for justice even when everything was against them. “Cinquez its a deathless primaveral image, life that transfigures many lives” (Hayden, 1962, p. 2376) which essentially means that without a doubt Cinquez will return to his old days like nothing had happened, and sadly that was the power that many, with people in higher places, had over the law. Back then laws were bent when it was about slaves or Africans for that matter because they were treated and considered nothing more than service and disposable. Another