Douglass Example 3

1.Slaves didn’t know their mothers or birthdays. Assess the impact on their mental well being ? The growth of the child can’t leave his mother. Care of the mother for the child 's future character formation, have a decisive role. Slaves don‘t know their mother, so they don’t get good care, no guideline, no direction. The slave don‘t know their birthday, so that they don’t have a sense of identity for self. It is easy to hurt them as a person 's sense of belonging. 2. Slavery degraded master and slave. Masters derived pleasure from abusing chattel. How would this behavior contribute to their diminished humanity? Than 400 years of the slave trade, it is estimated that the slaves brought to the Americas from Africa about 12 million to 30 million. The African continent as a whole due to loss of the population of the slave trade, at least more than 100 million people , equivalent to 1800 the total number of the population in Africa. 5. Did Southerners treat their slaves well? They loved to sing. What was Douglass’ perception about the songs? The southern slaveholders treated their slaves no good. Slaves most of the work in the plantations. Black leaders of slave origin – Frederick , talked about in his autobiography, the average person is happy when singing slaves with songs express sadness and inner sorrow. Or sing particularly bleak feeling very enthusiastic tone; Or sing with a very bleak tone particularly fanatical feelings; Every note, every word lyrics express slaves in misery filled with grief and infinite sadness.

7. Who is Austin Gore and his maxims? What did he do to Demby? Why? Gore’s punishment? Austin Gore is an new overseer at great house . Mr. Gore is ambitious, a first-rate overseer and he is cunning, cruel . He will be looking for all kinds of reasons to punish those slaves. .Ensure that all slaves afraid of him. His maxims is " 'It is better that a dozen slaves suffer