Preview

Personal Narrative: What Life Would Be Like

Satisfactory Essays
Open Document
Open Document
420 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Personal Narrative: What Life Would Be Like
What Life Would Be Like If I woke up one day and I was in the early 1930’s living with 2 kids, a slave and a single father that was a lawyer, I think that it would not take me long to realize that the household would be hectic. During this era the great depression was happening which is not good for a single father. Even though he is a lawyer it would still be hard to make enough money during the great depression to feed 2 kids and a slave. Even though slaves don't usually get fed much or fed as much as the owners of the slave it is still another mouth to feed, so it makes it even harder to earn enough money. The slave would also cause more stress in the household because of the fact that slaves were being treated as less than a person. During

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    What do you think the world would be like without imagination? There would be no Iphone,no car ,no light bulb. The world would be useless to anything. The first humans would be eaten within a day. That is why I think imagination is important.…

    • 308 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Throughout my life I have encountered many circumstances that have shaped me into the person I am today. I was born in Moroleon, Guanajuato, Mexico. I attended school in Mexico all the way to second grade. In the summer of 2006 I moved to Cumming, Georgia. It was the hardest thing to do because I left everything that I care the most about. We lived in a trailer which was not the nicest place and in the middle of the forest. I started school at the beginning of August. I had always loved school so I was so excited for the first day. I knew it was going to be hard because I would have to conquer so many obstacles on the way. At this time the only English I knew was probably counting from one to ten and some of the colors. My Father knew some…

    • 444 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    As Hannah knows, I had to take my car in for some unexpected repairs today so am a little short on money at the moment.…

    • 64 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Slaves in the Antebellum South had many restrictions placed on them, including on their marriage. According to Tera W. Hunter, New York Times author, “Back in 1860, marriage was a civil right and a legal contract, available only to free people. Male slaves had no paternal rights and female slaves were recognized as mothers only to the extent that their status doomed their children’s fate to servitude in perpetuity” (Hunter). Slaves were forced to live under the terms of their master that controlled their relationship. Despite this, many slave families held high family values and often worked hard as a result of their master allowing them to have a family.…

    • 344 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Life for slaves has been extremely difficult since the beginning of time. During the 1850’s people were just starting to finally realize just how wrong slavery was. If you were a slave, your life was extremely difficult. You were treated as if you were an animal rather than a human being. Slaves were generally kidnapped from Africa where they were taken away from their families and stripped of their culture. They were brought over to America and sold by slave traders to plantation and factory owners in the south…

    • 872 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    It was hard to have a family when you were a slave in the American South. Most slaves had families and their families would be split up and sold. It wasn't fare that they lost their families. Sometimes they could keep them from getting sold.…

    • 189 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    With husbands and sons away at war, wealthy white women were responsible for maintaining disciple among the slaves and maintain the expected behaviors of society. Organizing lavish affairs and maintaing domesticity fell heavily upon the shoulders of the slave…

    • 452 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The racetrack feels like there is a drum inside your ribcage. This feeling comes from cars turning the track and people cheering…

    • 296 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Slave Families

    • 435 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Throughout the South, the slave owners defined the living arrangements of slaves. Most slaves lived together in nuclear families with a mother, father, and children (Phillips 1929, 14). The stability of the slave family was often challenged due to various reasons: no state law recognized marriage among slaves, masters rather than parents had legal authority over slave children and the possibility of forced separation, through slave trade or sale were an issue of every slave family. These separations were especially frequent in the slave-exporting states of the upper South (Phillips 1929, 16). However, the most effective way of controlling slaves was the threat of sale. Slaves feared the reality of such a suggestion more than any form of punishment. They could endure the pain of whipping, but it was more difficult to suffer the grave psychological injuries that stemmed from the severance of familiar bonds (Phillips 1929, 44). Parents who were sold would worry about the welfare of children growing up without a mother and a father. Slave men and women heard terrifying stories from masters about the dangers of life in other states or in other towns where they might be sold. However, despite their severe status, families served as the slaves' most basic refuge, the part of their private lives that owners could never fully control.…

    • 435 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    My mother, “Regina Hopkins,” has been a positive influence in my life. She has raised 6 kids all by herself as well as earned a Bachelor’s degree in nursing from a City College in Gainesville, Florida. My mother has been through pretty much everything a person can go through outside of war and was still able to be there and provide for all 6 of her kids. In high school, my mother wanted to play football and couldn't because she was a girl and back-in-the-day women were not allowed to play football with the guys. However, she remained strong by raising 6 kids and independently took care of all of us on her own. My mother has several qualities that I would love to develop. The first quality she has is balance; she certainly knows how to make…

    • 266 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    During the mid-1800s, it was challenging being a slave. Belonging to another human being instead of being free brought numerous hardships African Americans had to endure. It brought about unimaginable pain, frustration, disruption, and stress. In America, slavery was glorified, even though, families were separated and destroyed. Slavery made it tedious to have stability in families because of the effects it had on the African American people. After reading “How Affected African American Families” and “Narrative of Jenny Proctor,” slavery caused African American families to cope with separation, unfair marriage stipulations, horrible living condition, mistreatment and labor, and also the ending of slavery.…

    • 853 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Living conditions were also hard for slaves. Even in their shelter or home, they were struggling. They were whether put back to work, or…

    • 235 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Racial Reparations

    • 1350 Words
    • 6 Pages

    At this time in history, slaves were accounted for one-third of the South’s population. Slave owners made it their job to make sure that their slaves were completely dependent on them. Slaves were not allowed to read or write, and marriage between slaves did not have a legal basis. Many slave owners also took sexual liberties with slave women and made them perform behaviors as “favors” to the master. Slaves were forced to work long hours in high temperatures without an adequate amount of food. Not only were they seen as inhuman, they…

    • 1350 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    as an en-slave mother is automatically a slave.A lot of people gets effected in many ways but in…

    • 449 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Living as a slave in the south had many harsh factors. They were needed for daily jobs such as farming, blacksmithing, carpentry and many other difficult ways of labor which made the process of buying and selling throughout the country “easier”. Slavery denied the rights of all genders and ages. Most were torn from their families, and all were taken from their homeland through ships from many different countries.…

    • 604 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays